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Is SATA2 backwards compatible with SATA?

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Stumps

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I'm looking at buying a pair of Maxtor 250gb SATA2 drives dirt cheap, however my motherboard(ga-k8ns pro) only supports SATA...can I still use these drive with my motherboard?

does SATA work like good ole IDE with a ATA100 drive still working on a ATA33 or PIO controller...but at reduced speed?
 
Thank you...damn that was a quick reply

I suspected as much..but just had to ask to be sure...will the drive work at the SATA150 speed?
 
And since neither SATA2 nor SATA get speeds to anywhere close to maxing out their interface, you'll see no performance loss either way.
 
Originally posted by: n7
And since neither SATA2 nor SATA get speeds to anywhere close to maxing out their interface, you'll see no performance loss either way.
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sweet😀...thanks, I think I'll go and buy those drives
 
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