On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:02:47 -0600 florin at iucha.net (Florin Iucha) wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 12:42:07PM -0600, Josh Trutwin wrote: > > Just a quick followup - I'm guessing part of my problem is that > > the new drives are 3 Gbps and my mobo controller is only 1.5 Gbps > > - doesn't explain why I cannot connect the old 1.5 Gbps drive > > unless when I put the new ones on it hosed it? > > The SATA 1, 1.5 and 2 are backwards and forwards compatible: the > controller and drives should be able to negotiate the common ground. I had hoped as much. I would expect backwards compatibility, but good to know forward should work too. > Microcenter has PCI SATA controllers for $20-25; this might be an > easy way to test the drives. I ordered one on-sale from mwave - wanted a 4-channel model at 3gbps - should arrive tomorrow so hopefully I can see if that's the issue or not. I am starting to miss my old SCSI system. Josh