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    Does my Asus Z96j support Sata 300 and NCQ??

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mgray, Nov 5, 2008.

  1. mgray

    mgray Notebook Geek

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    I've done some research, but I get information overload. From what I can tell, Sata 300 is backwards compatible with Sata 150, except with some of the older Sata 150 controllers.

    Does anyone know if my Asus Z96j motherboard(I hear its actually the HDD controller??) will work with Sata 300?

    While I'm asking, what about NCQ??

    And the last Q; Other than opening up my computer to look for a sticker, how do I determine my motherboard model number/specs? Can I do it from the OS or BIOS?
     
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Do you want to run a SATA 300 HDD and wonder whether it'll work? Because as you say they are backward compatible and will revert to SATA150 w/o problems, if needed.

    I don't know the answers to the rest of the questions.
     
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  3. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    it is not the controller that is backward compatible. the drive is backward compatible. I have never seen a notebook that does not take a new drive and i tried all of them from asus.
     
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  4. mgray

    mgray Notebook Geek

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    So how do I know if my controller will utilize the 3.0Gbs?
     
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  5. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    There isn't much, if any, of a functional difference between transfer rates on SATA1 and SATA2 (1.5/3.0) drives in the real world, as far as rotary drives go - the first drive to ever come close to saturating the 1.5 BUS is Intel's new X25 SSD - so your question doesn't matter. The controller should automatically detect what needs to be used, and should work fine.
     
    ClearSkies, Nov 5, 2008
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