Will this motherboard work with SATAII

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• Mar 27, 2010

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will this mobo : Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 AMD Nvidia 720D Socket AM2+ 7.1 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer workwith my old sataII HDD as this mobo has 3GBs transfer rate the same as a SATAII drive does and i was told it will take it.

 

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Yes it will..
Would SATA1 work on SATA2 mobo or are the connectors different, anyone?

 

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• Mar 27, 2010

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yes it will, sataII is backwards compatible , its a good board to purchase

 

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• Mar 27, 2010

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TechTune said:

Yes it will..
Would SATA1 work on SATA2 mobo or are the connectors different, anyone?

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Affirmative, backward compatability!

 

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pebbly said:

yes it will, sataII is backwards compatible , its a good board to purchase

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Hi thanks for all the help and i to think this is a good mobo after reseaching them all and will be buying it tongiht

 

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• Mar 27, 2010

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good luck with your new build,post back and let us know your results

 

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