PC Peripherals Are SATA2 HDD compatible with SATA1 Mobo

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Lord Nemesis

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Just wanted to ask whether SATA2 HDDs are compatible with SATA1 Mobo? I read somewhere some time back that SATA2 Drives are not compatible with SATA1 Mobo but the SATA2 Mobo are compatible with SATA1 Drives. Is this true?
 
SATA 2 is backwards compatible IIRC and works on a SATA 1 port in SATA 1 mode. Waiting for more input on this.
 
yes sata 2 hard disks are backwards compatible and work on a SATA 1 mobo in SATA 1 mode.
 
yup....my board issata 1(it mentions 150mbps speed)....but i musing hitachi 250gb sata 2 drive....so in short its compatible.....
 
i'm using a Hitachi SATA2 on my 3+ years old A7N8X Deluxe. No issues
 
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