Do CoreDuo MacBooks support SATA 2 3.0Gb/s

[PZR]

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

[holymountain]

Is MacBook SATA? on 1st gen and 2nd.

[PZR]

Both gens are SATA, but I don't know if either support SATA II.

[3phemeral]

I just wondered if the original Core Duo MacBook supports SATA II 3.0Gb/s

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

[PZR]

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.