Sata hard drives can help you extend the life of your old computer. Mar 15, 2006 i have a motherboard that is a few years old. Installing hard drives connect the sata signal cables to sata hard drives and the intel chipset controlled sata ports sata3 05 on the motherboard. Featuring 2 internal sata ports and an additional 2 external sata ports, the syba sd sata2 pci controller card will provide all the ports you need for your home or business use. Would i benefit from a newer sata iii ssd on my sata ii motherboard or should i buy an older sata ii drive. In theory, this means you should be able to use any sata ssd drive in any machine with a sata connection. Rebuilding a raid 1 array rebuilding is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to another. These installed errorfree and solved all of the problems with my dvd drive on the gsata port. White label 2 terabyte 2tb 16mb cache 7200rpm sata2 3. The way it works is that the external drive attaches to the esata connection at the back of the computer next to the other openings for things like the monitor, network cable, and usb ports. Hp and compaq desktop pcs about sata hard drives and.
I tried four revisions of the jmicron driver ranging from 1. Usb devices, and internal hdds including solid state sata drives. You will however see a huge difference between an ssd on sata 2 and a hdd on sata 3. Sata 2 devices can support up to 15 devices with a port multiplier while the original sata standard can only support 1 per line 3. I have a 500gb wd sata 2 harddrive that i just bought on sale during the weekend sales. According to wikipedia, sata computer bus, a storageinterface for connecting host bus adapters most commonly integrated into laptop computers and desktop motherboards to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives, offers several compelling advantages over the older parallel ataeide interface. Latest typec interface, superior transmission performance, max up to 5gbps high transmission speed, only need 5 seconds to transmit 1gb hd movies. I have purchased 2 sata hard drives both samsung hd103uj a very popular model. Installing sata2 or sata 3 hdd on older motherboards. Solved can ones install sata3 in a sata 2 interface. Ive had sata 1 harddrives with the motherboard and they worked. I tried pointed for some really testing data but couldnt come up with any. What is sata hard drive everything about sata drives.
It should not cause any issue however, studio xps setup guide on page 57 under specifications says that it has three 3. Rampage windows 87 uefi installation guide patched orom for trim in raid patched uefi gop updater tool. Sata, short for serial ata, is a computer bus interface for mass storage devices such as hard drives, optical drives, and ssds. Sata hard drive drivers setup ssd hdd smf 2020, simple machines theme 2020 microstar int l co. However, the best hard drives reach about 210mbs in best scenarios. Your sata 2 ports are 300 mbsecons so you are quicker. May 19, 2006 sata 1 hard drive on sata 2 motherboard by glitch485 may 19, 2006 1.
Actually i now see the all 6 sata drives listed, but they say not detected. Sata connector on motherboard which one should you use. A good sata hard drive makes a big different to performance. Frequently asked questions about sata i internal hard disk drives sata, also known as serial at attachment, is a type of bus interface that connects a hard drive to the motherboard of a computer. Sata addon cards will more than likely prompt for a driver. If your device is feeling slow, a new drive is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to give it a significant upgrade in performance.
Windows 7 and vista will usually recognize a sata motherboard controller. Long ago i saw my dim 9100 motherboard had 4 sata plug spots. The minimum requirement to run properly a sata 3 pcie card is the chipset x58 whitch provides multiple pcie 2 slots and its line provide 500mbs sata 3 provides 600mbs so the cost is a. If you would like to select ide hdd in the boot device priority menu, please set the ide hdd to the first device of boot sequence in the hard. As i not have cd drive, i cannot use cd disk coming within motherboard box. Fresh install of windows 7 on sata drive microsoft community. I thought either it is the cable, the connector, or the fact that my motherboard is supposed to support sata 1 not 2. If you are installing a single sata hard drive, it is best to use the lowest numbered port on the motherboard sata0 or sata1. If you want to expand the storage space in your computer or youre trying to build a computer from scratch, then you can choose from a variety of. If you are installing multiple hard drives, but installing the operating system on only one drive, use the lowest numbered port on the motherboard sata0 or sata1 for this. Sata drive to ide motherboard motherboard forum ccm. However, i could not repeat any of the problems with the gsata gbb36x drivers from jmicron. Sata 1 hard drive on sata 2 motherboard september 2007. External hard drives can also be used with sata connections, given, of course, that the hard drive itself has a sata connection, too.
Most hard drives connect to the motherboard using the serial ata interface. Seagate does not supply drivers for sata drives because hard drives themselves do not require specific device drivers. All sata versions work with one another and use the same connectors, but the lowest version between the drive and. New modern sata 3 disk drive in old dell sata 2 motherboard. I just ordered a sata 2 hard drive, but for some reason it wont be recognized by my computer. But when i install windows 2000xp and press f6 to load the sata driver diskette, i cannot see the items for ich6r. Western digital wd2500bpvt 25 scorpio blue 250gb sata2 laptop hard drive. Two 15k cheetah 300gb sas drives raid 0 nvidia quadro fx3800 my motherboard does not support sata iii, so my question is. Wd red pro 10tb nas hard disk drive 7200 rpm class sata 6gbs 256mb cache 35 inch wd101kfbx. Can you use a sata 2 hard drive on a sata 1 compatible.
What is a sata hard drive in the flesh is that its a bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices. The other two are pci express version 1 provided by southbridhe ich9r and limited only to 250mbsec. Everthing works fine if i connect via usb2 but the external. All data is copied from one hard drive to another and then the data is synchronized between the two hard drives. How to install a sata hard drive to an old motherboard with. In either case, if the drive is not recognized by the os setup software, then you will need to supply a controller device driver. Ide hard drives are smaller in memory size, more expensive and slower at transferring files. Its often easy to tell that your computer comes with a sata hard drive because of the characteristic noise sata hard drives tent to make when reading or writing data. I use the single precious dell sata 3 port for a 480 gb ssd primary boot drive. Package samsung 860 evo 500gb internal sata solid state drive and corsair dual sata drive enclosure for 2. Onboard sata ahciraid drivers for intel rst rom 14. Dec 31, 2017 the instructions below will explain how to install a serial ata hard drive to an old motherboard with only ide hard drive port. Conventional sata and sata 2 hard drives operate at the same speed 4. Blue sata2 port should be compatible to connect another hard drive.
May 14, 2015 after checking and rechecking everything over and over again, i found out that the motherboard supported only sata 1 interface while the hard disk was offering sata 2. Can sata hdd hook to blue sata port on mobo for optical drive. Can i connect a sataii hard drive to a satai connection. After checking and rechecking everything over and over again, i found out that the motherboard supported only sata 1 interface while the hard disk was offering sata2.
I have a 3tb hgst ultrastar drive on the way which will go in the aspen msi 7548 pc and will retest end of next week. My motherboard is 775xfireraid, its sata controller is in intel ich6r. The additional controller driver is the sata controller driver. The drive is a 320g seagate sata2 st3320620as identical to the internal drive in my computer and the caddy has esata and usb2 sockets. When going to the desktop shortcut for that drive, i get the m.
Sata 3 and all sata devices are considered backwards compatible, that is if you connected a sata iii hard drive to a computer that has sata ii builtin, the drive will only operated at the speed of sata ii level. Intended for use with servers that have a pci interface, the sd sata2 is also backwards compatible with other pci slots. Whether the sata controller is embedded on the motherboard or is an addon card, the driver s can be found on the cd or website of the manufacturer. After creating a mirrored array, you can rebuild the array using the following steps. Testing difference in performance between sata i sata ii sata iii. I had a desktop with asus p5gcmx3 motherboard installed with two physical hard drives 1 ide and 1 sata2. With the pc off, unplug the ide hard drives, plug in your sata with the adapter to ide if necessary to primary ide. How to tell the storage controller is sata 2 or sata 3 on. More information than you never wanted to know about sata.
Sata is a serial link a single cable with at least four wires that form a pointtopoint connection between devices you can find sata hard drives inside of your desktop computers, laptops, or servers. After checking and rechecking everything over and over again, i found out that the motherboard supported only sata 1 interface while the hard disk was offering sata 2. However, the best hard drives reach about 210mbs or 1. When it comes to modern hard drives, you wont have a lot of different choices, and chances are you wont end up buying an incompatible drive. May 20, 2016 this video shows how to connect sata hard drive to your motherboard, basically one of the easiest job for pc assembly or upgrades. With most uses you cant really tell the difference between a sata 2 vs sata 3 on an ssd. Sata 6 drive on sata 3 motherboard, possible 20110720 17. The sata 1 interface can handle data transfer speeds of upto 150 mbs, while the sata2 and sata 3 can handle the speeds of upto 300 mbs and 600 mbs respectively. Sata iii 6 gbits 600 mbs i would run the hard drive manufactures diagnostic utility as why it wont read the smart data. I have 6 sata hdd drives installed and it detected them fine, but after a couple of system reboots, its lost a couple drives. Most of the posts that i read in lq on sata 2 indicated that they are backward compatible and should work. The version 2 of sata was introduced more than a decade ago in 2004, featuring the maximum data transfer rate at 3. Ive never had a new sata drive detected by bios or the os.
I tried plugging the sata hdd drives into different sata ports but they remain undetected. How to determine if your hard drive is a sata ii synonym. Difference between sata and gigabyte sata2 all ways plug your hard drive to yellow port and start with 0 for main drive operate system the giga sata is purple. Ssds are great at iops, which is the thing you dont have enough of when your computers hdd os thrashing. Faster hard drives and solidstate drives increase boot time, make it easier to readwrite large amounts of data, and generally improve performance on your pc or laptop.
Yes you can use a sata2 drive on a sata3 motherboard. I am a little worried about the sf22xx bsod issues. I have installed 1 sata hdd and 1 ide hdd or scsi card with scsi hdd on my p4i48 motherboard, how can i select ide hdd or scsi hdd in the boot device priority. It has an e sata socket and i recently bought a caddy for an external drive to use as a back up with windows live onecare. Thats why we have raid 0 to get around the rotation issue. Only flash based storage media can take advantage of the full speed of sata 2 5. My first hdd is connected to sata 1 and the second one is connected to sata 2. Try powering off your system, remove the plug, hold the power button pressed for 30 seconds to discharge the boards capacitors and clear the cmos. Gsata problems on windows 10 gigabyte mobo ten forums.
Sata iii pci cards for computer with sata ii ports on mobo. Product title axiom enterprise hard drive 2 tb sata 6gbs average rating. When i hit f1, the system xp sp2, boots up, but my cddvd drive is missing my drive d. When i move the sata drives to a new system, they work fine. I wanted to clarify this lest anyone conclude as i did that the microsoft chipset inf drivers were the root cause of my troubles. Makes me think, the aspen board msi 7548 is sata 2, even though several web sites say sata 1. When i boot up, i get a message on the black screen drive 1 not found. Installed the latest drivers for my motherboard, which is actually the deluxe version and not the standard k8v as informed by mesh. Then connect the power connectors from your power supply to the hard drives. Are there particular drivers that are needed to run a sata 2 disk on a sata 1 motherboard. Note the drive not installed from its bay, definitely you need to. Where can i find windows drivers for my sata drive.
Serial advanced technology attachment, often abbreviated sata or s ata, is a serial link a single cable with a minimum of four wires creates a pointtopoint connection between devices. However some older sata 2 motherboard controller chips such as the nvidia sata controller in macintoshes from. If not then remove all drives but one and check them one by one. Difference between sata and sata 2 difference between. Serial ata wikipedia so, not only were they designed for backward compatibility, sata ports were. Youll only be able to use satai bandwidth 150 mbs, but since that is well above what normal hard drives deliver, that.
The drive will simply run at sata ii speeds sata ii 3 gbits 300 mbs vs. If you are installing multiple hard drives, but installing the operating system on only one drive, use the lowest numbered port on the motherboard sata0 or sata1. Sep 19, 2017 sata explanation ports, cables, controllers, motherboards what you need to know ncix tech tips duration. And the boot drive is the hitachi 750gb sata 2 drive, and the results are lower than the aspen msi 7548 board. If the sata hard drive is not showing then click the load driver option. Asrock 939dualsata2 hardrive configuration anandtech. Pata ribbon cables, in comparison, connect one motherboard socket to one or two hard drives, carry either 40 or 80 wires, and are limited to 45 centimetres 18 in in length by the pata specification. Sata hard drives intended for desktop computers are typically 4 inches wide, 1. Strike f1 to continue, f2 to run the setup utility. I have decided to buy a new case and see how many newegg gift cards i can get.
The electronics on both ends, the computer and device differ though. And the version 3 was introduced 5 years later in 2009, doubled the transfer rate to 6. Sata ii internal hard disk drives 1tb storage capacity ebay. Sata 1 hard drive on sata 2 motherboard by glitch485 may 19, 2006 1. Installing sata2 or sata3 hdd on older motherboards.
A year ago i installed window xp sp2 on the ide hard drive and used sata2 as storage. Sata iii drives are backwards compatible with sata ii. I just upgraded to a asrock 939dual sata2 motherboard with a western digital sataii 3. The sata 1 interface can handle data transfer speeds of upto 150 mbs, while the sata 2 and sata 3 can handle the speeds of upto 300 mbs and 600 mbs respectively.