PZR Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hi there. I just wondered if the original Core Duo MacBook supports SATA II 3.0Gb/s Since my current drive is 1.5Gb/s, I thought they supported SATA II but I'm not sure. Someone I know is off to America and they asked me if I wanted anything, so I was thinking of asking them to get me a new 2.5" SATA HD This one seems to be by far the best for the money: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822149058 But I'm not sure if it'll work. This is the other one I was thinking of if it doesn't support SATA II http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822152089 So if you guys know if it supports SATA II or not, that'd be great. Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61724-do-coreduo-macbooks-support-sata-2-30gbs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
holymountain Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Is MacBook SATA? on 1st gen and 2nd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61724-do-coreduo-macbooks-support-sata-2-30gbs/#findComment-437566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZR Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Both gens are SATA, but I don't know if either support SATA II. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61724-do-coreduo-macbooks-support-sata-2-30gbs/#findComment-437573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3phemeral Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I just wondered if the original Core Duo MacBook supports SATA II 3.0Gb/sAs far as I know SATA II is backwards compatible with SATA I. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA for further info. I don't know how this applies to CoreDuo MacBooks tho :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61724-do-coreduo-macbooks-support-sata-2-30gbs/#findComment-437594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZR Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 As far as I know SATA II is backwards compatible with SATA I. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA for further info. I don't know how this applies to CoreDuo MacBooks tho :S It seems that purely depends on the drive it's self having a jumper to switch from 1.5Gb/s to 3.0Gb/s a SATA drive will work on a SATA II motherboard, but I'm not sure if it'll work the other way round and just transfer at 1.5Gb/s unless the drive has the jumpers. My SATA controller is only displaying 1.5Gb/s in the system profiler: Vendor: Intel Product: ICH7-M AHCI Speed: 1.5 Gigabit Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported But I'm not sure if that's because a 1.5Gb/s drive is connected, I'm guessing probably not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61724-do-coreduo-macbooks-support-sata-2-30gbs/#findComment-437609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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