MacBook Pro HDD Install Question

[adamjackson]

My Girlfriend has a 2.6Ghz Early 2008 15" MacBook Pro w/ a 2.6Ghz Core2Duo.

Her hard drive is starting to click. It's the stock 160GB 5400RPM HDD.

I'm on NewEgg and the selection of SATA 1 drives is VERY LOW but that's what kind of drive she has. Tech specs for her machine show only SATA1 as the interface type.

Can I buy SATA 2 drives on Newegg (since they're cheaper w/ more selection) and will it just down clock itself and work or will it not work?

 

[adamjackson]

...and if that is the case, will this drive work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148446

 

[Hellhammer]

SATA II is backwards compatible so yes, you can buy SATA II drive and it will work fine. The biggest difference is the maximum bandwidth, 1.5Gbits/s for SATA I and 3.0Gbits/s for SATA II but normal hard drives barely get more than 400Mb/s (50MB/s) anyway so SATA I is fine

 

[adamjackson]

SATA II is backwards compatible so yes, you can buy SATA II drive and it will work fine. The biggest difference is the maximum bandwidth, 1.5Gbits/s for SATA I and 3.0Gbits/s for SATA II but normal hard drives barely get more than 400Mb/s (50MB/s) anyway so SATA I is fine

thank you! Yep, I totally knew the speeds just didn't want to buy the drive, have it shipped and it not be recognized.

 

[RHVC59]

Done this several times, 120>320>500>640 GB either Blue or Back WD Scorpio. I have been vary happy after each migration.

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.16f11

 

[RHVC59]

Done this several times, 120>320>500>640 GB either Blue or Back WD Scorpio. I have been vary happy after each migration.

Last one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136459

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP31.0070.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.16f11