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:

$79.99 – Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS 750GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago

Model #: ST9750420AS
Item #: N82E16822148599
Price: $79.99
Save: 20%



$69.99 – HGST Travelstar H2IK5001672SP (0S02858) 500GB 7200 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago

Model #: 0S02858
Item #: N82E16822145361
Price: $69.99
Save: 22%



$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

+ $20 off w/ promo code EMCNJNG36, ends 1/9
Model #: WD7500BPVT
Item #: N82E16822136546
Price: $84.99
Save: 15%



$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

Model #: ST9500325AS
Item #: N82E16822148371
Price: $79.99
Save: 20%



$64.99 – Seagate Momentus ST905003N1A1AS-RK 500GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago

Model #: ST905003N1A1AS-RK
Item #: N82E16822148533
Price: $64.99
Save: 24%



$70.99 – Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN 320GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive — 8 hours ago

Model #: WDBABC3200ANC-NRSN
Item #: N82E16822136800
Price: $70.99
Save: 11%



$74.99 – Hitachi GST 0J11563 750GB 5400 RPM 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive — 8 hours ago

Model #: 0J11563
Item #: N82E16822145449
Price: $74.99
Save: 32%



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