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[Jolyonekenobi]

Hi

I am looking to start upgrade my current computer as far as I can before having to upgrade the mobo and CPU. Can anyone tell me whether S-ATA drives would work on my Abit IC7 motherboard or not?

Bearing in mind the motherboard must be 4 years old - way before 3GB/s S-ATA was around. Would it just work at the old transfer rate or would it not work at all?!

Cheers

Jolyon

[Freakitchen]

Yes, if your motherboard has the slower SATA ports, newer drives will default to the lower transfer rate. In the unlikely event of any problems, most drives have a jumper setting to force the slower speed. It's unlikely you'd notice a difference between the two, at any rate.

[Force Flow]

That board supports 1.5 SATA speeds only, not 3.0.

Meaning, you'll probably have to put the 1.5 jumper on any SATA drive you attach. Otherwise, it should work fine.

[Jolyonekenobi]

Excellent news - thanks for the replies.

Let the gradual upgrades to my system begin!

Thanks again. :)