SATA2 on SATA

[Doctor_hv]

I would like to buy a new HDD, but I plan to leave it when I upgrade the rest of the PC.
I'm thinking of Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ and I have ASUS P4xv8-x motherboard that supports SATA, so will this disk work?

 

[JMMD]

SATA II is backward compatible with SATA.

 

[Fragrant Coit]

Sometimes you will have to jumper the HDD to operate as a SATA1 {150mbs} as opposed to SATA2 {300mbs}.

You only need do this if the BIOS doesn't recognise the drive.

I've found this only occurs on older SATA controllers, particularly SiS and Via chipsetted boards.

 

[Doctor_hv]

I think that I have VIA chipset, but I'll see will it work when I get the drive, I 'ordered' it already (if my friend manages to buy it before he comes from Germany, because you cannot find it anywhere in Bosnia)

anyhow, what's your opinion on this disk, it seems to be good according to the reviews I've read. Hope it will be worth 90-100EUR.

 

[Fragrant Coit]

It's no hassle, if the BIOS doesn't find the Drive, visit the manufacturers website & find the Jumper setting & it'll work perfectly.

Here's something from Western Digital:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc...Xh0PWp1bXBlciBzZXR0aW5ncw**&p_li=&p_topview=1

 

[Doctor_hv]

thanks a lot, and I really hope that I wont have this problem.