Sata 3 cable in a sata 2 hdd

[chachee99-1390505]

My motherboard is sata 3 and I am pretty sure my hdd is sata 2, can I use a sata 3 cable in a sata 2 drive?

 

[Dr_JRE]

Yes.

 

[chachee99-1390505]

Same with a dvdrw? I am pretty sure my dvdrw is sata 1.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118012

 

[oczdude8]

yes, there really isn't a sata III cable. they are all the same.

see this test:http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/SATA-cables-Is-there-a-difference-97/

in terms of ports, all ports are backwards compatible. (i.e sata 3 ports with with sata 2 and sata 1 devices)

 

[Cons29]

yes, and i don't think they are fast enough. We wont even notice the difference between sata 2 and 3 for hdd. Unless you have ssd's

 

[chachee99-1390505]

So any sata cable will work?

 

[oczdude8]

yup

 

[popatim]

sata cables have no versions. they are just sata cables. Any cable that doesn't work for sata3 didnt meet sata specs to begin with.