25 February 2008 @ 16:12Use SATA II drives in older machines
macosxhints published a little known fact about SATA II drives. SATA II (or SATA 300) drives have a 300mbit/s throughput, while some older machines and drives are only capable of 150mbit/s throughput (SATA I). In order to make your SATA II drive work in your older machine, you must jumper the drive according to the manufacturer’s instructions in order to cap its throughput at SATA I speeds. In many cases, you must put a jumper on the two leftmost pins on the drive.
Here are a few SATA II drives:
$89.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 750GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$69.99 – SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 ST500LM012 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$64.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Black WD2500BEKT 250GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$94.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT 1TB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$79.99 – Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS 750GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$69.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$69.99 – HGST Travelstar H2IK5001672SP (0S02858) 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago
$84.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD7500BPVT 750GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$79.99 – Seagate Momentus 5400.6 ST9500325AS 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$64.99 – Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago
$69.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000LPVT 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$58.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD3200LPVT 320GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$79.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BPVT 640GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
$70.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN 320GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago
$74.99 – Hitachi GST 0J11563 750GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago
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