SATA 6 Gb/s to SATA 1.5 Gb/s possible or not?

[sportsfanatic]

I wish to replace my old laptop hdd(WD2500BEVS-250 GB) at SATA 1.5 Gb/s with a new one(HTS721010A9E630-1TB) at SATA 6Gb/s.Will this downgradation from 6 to 1.5 work on the laptop with:
CPU:Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] GHz
Ram:4GB
Motherboard:Lenovo 2743A92
HDD:WD2500BEVS (250 GB)
Also both the drives have identical dimensions.
Please Help Thank You

 

[whs]

Any Sata drive should work. Your Sata bus is probably 3Gb/sec and data transfer will work at that speed.

 

[CaptainWD]

Hey there sportsfanatic,

SATA 1, 2 and 3 are backwards compatible and the HGST drive should work just fine in there at reduced speed (most probably SATA 3 Gb/s).
As for the old drive, I could advise you to run the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool to make sure it does not have any issues and use it as a backup for you more important information. Here's a link: WD Support / Downloads / Other Products / Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

Hope this helps,

CaptainWD.

 

[sportsfanatic]

Much appreciated

Any Sata drive should work. Your Sata bus is probably 3Gb/sec and data transfer will work at that speed.

 

[sportsfanatic]

Thank You

Hey there sportsfanatic,

SATA 1, 2 and 3 are backwards compatible and the HGST drive should work just fine in there at reduced speed (most probably SATA 3 Gb/s).
As for the old drive, I could advise you to run the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic tool to make sure it does not have any issues and use it as a backup for you more important information. Here's a link: WD Support / Downloads / Other Products / Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows

Hope this helps,

CaptainWD.

 

[sportsfanatic]

This is what WD support team told me

"On the drive side, your understanding is correct, SATA interface speed is downgrade-able, that means that SATA 6Gb/s drive can work in 3Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s line with ease. However, on the motherboard side, there are older motherboards which do not recognise a SATA 6Gb/s drive at all, the drive needs to be recognised first before it can handshake the interface speed to go to the lower interface speed.

In such scenerio, we would advise customer to find a SATA 6Gb/s system first, then plug the SATA 6Gb/s drive in and run a utility to lower the drive interface speed lower to that of 1.5Gb/s."

My Question:Will i be needing to lower the drive interface speed to 1.5 Gb/s to be able to run it on my laptop?

 

[theog]

Check the jumper settings for your WD drive.
Link is not your drive.
Specifications for the 300 GB SATA 3 GB/s VelociRaptor® drive (Gen 1)

 

[sportsfanatic]

Can you please elaborate on the jumper settings as i am a layman to this subject? I can't find the jumper settings for this drive.
Where can i find it?

 

[theog]

Can you please elaborate on the jumper settings as i am a layman to this subject? I can't find the jumper settings for this drive.
Where can i find it?

Link is not your drive.
Specifications for the 300 GB SATA 3 GB/s VelociRaptor® drive (Gen 1)

 

[sportsfanatic]

Can you please elaborate on the jumper settings as i am a layman to this subject? I can't find the jumper settings for this drive.
Where can i find it?

Link is not your drive.
Specifications for the 300 GB SATA 3 GB/s VelociRaptor® drive (Gen 1)


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Ok i can see 4 pin jumper on the drive so what do i do now?

 

[theog]

Check the jumper settings for your WD drive on the WD website..

 

[sportsfanatic]

Ok i searched and got this : Specifications for the WD Scorpio Blue SATA 3.0 Gb/s, SATA 1.5 GB/s, and PATA 2.5" drives which has jumper settings for drives models similar to mines as they have 4 pin but differ in size. otherwise same so can they be used for my drive WD2500BEVS.

 

[sportsfanatic]

Okay lets start from scratch i want to my laptop (1.5 Gbps interface support) to recognize a drive(HTS721010A9E630) supporting 6 Gbps. So can the interface speed be lowered using a desktop (the HDD being a 2.5 inch) and how do i connect it to the desktop since the ports are not same.

 

[theog]

Ok i searched and got this : Specifications for the WD Scorpio Blue SATA 3.0 Gb/s, SATA 1.5 GB/s, and PATA 2.5" drives which has jumper settings for drives models similar to mines as they have 4 pin but differ in size. otherwise same so can they be used for my drive WD2500BEVS.

WDC WD2500BEVS




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Which is the link in your post above.

 

[sportsfanatic]

Here's the link:Specifications for the WD Scorpio Blue SATA 3.0 Gb/s, SATA 1.5 GB/s, and PATA 2.5" drives
URL:http://support.wdc.com/images/kb/scorpio_jumpers.jpg
But my question is why do i need to adjust jumper settings for WD since it is my current HDD. Shouldn't i be doing the same for the replacement HDD which is HTS721010A9E630?
Correct me if i am wrong
Thank You for bearing with me

 

[theog]

Hitachi website.

I am trying to locate jumper settings, installation information and other drive specifications for my drive. Where can I find this information? | HGST Storage

 

[NoN]

You should search for "Reduced Power Spinup (RPS)™ Mode"

I've attached a .pdf file from Western Digital for you...

Okay lets start from scratch i want to my laptop (1.5 Gbps interface support) to recognize a drive(HTS721010A9E630) supporting 6 Gbps. So can the interface speed be lowered using a desktop (the HDD being a 2.5 inch) and how do i connect it to the desktop since the ports are not same.

For this you will need an external adapter to connect from desktop.

 

[sportsfanatic]

I don't have a jumper shunt connector nor can i find one online.

 

[Anshad Edavana]

I wish to replace my old laptop hdd...

Do you actually bought the SATA 3 disk or just planning to buy it ?.

 

[theog]

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