SATA & SATA II Drives

  Hi there,

Just a hypothetical question at the moment .. but ...

I built a compter with FOUR  WD 200GB SATA drives,
two in SATA 0 and two in SATA 1
The SATA controller is on the motherboard, which is an Asus P5GDC-V
Deluxe.
What happens if/when one of the drives fails ....

1) Can I use a SATA II drive to replace the failed drive ?
2) Is it OK to mix SATA & SATA II drives ?

It seems like SATA II dirves have taken over now, and I am not sure of
the differnece anyway (hence the questions !).

It would be nice to know what to do when the time comes, to avoid
buying the wrong thing or panicking !

Many Thanks,

Steve

 

Nothing special.


Yes.


Yes.


Nothing that important in your case and most SATA II
drives can be jumpered to SATA mode anyway.


Have you planned for the alien invasion too ?

  On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:47:30 +1000, "Rod Speed"


Didn't say it was special ... just wanted to give people the story ..
so may people leave vital information out !


Thanks


Once again thanks


No, but as I said, I wanted the information BEFORE anything goes
wrong.
It is better to gain inforrmation beforehand in anything .. it is
called knowledge !
You obviously KNEW the answer.. I didn't !!!!!!!!
That's what these groups are for and I have learnt a lot from them !

Thanks anyway

Steve

 On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:31:21 +0100, Steve


SATA 300 is backwards compatible, they can be mixed, and
they've taken over because there is no reason to make SATA
150 anymore with SATA 300 backwards compatible.

 I assume SATA II is SATA 300 .. and SATA one is 150

I wasn't aware of that :-)

Many thanks for your reply.

Steve