First post, by KCompRoom2000
Hello, I've been thinking about getting a solid state drive for my AMD K8 rig (link to build log thread).
Since the ASUS A8V motherboard's integrated VIA SATA controller is limited to SATA1 drives (I once tried to plug in a jumperless Hitachi Deskstar 160GB drive that was set to SATA2 mode, and the system froze at the SATA detection screen as soon as the drive list popped up if memory serves correctly), I was wondering if they make SATA solid state drives with the mode compatibility jumper intact, if that's out of the question, are there other ways to force a SATA2/3 drive to run at SATA1 mode so the integrated SATA controller won't complain about the drive being in SATA2/3 mode? if so, does anyone know which SSDs support this feature?
If native SATA SSDs aren't an option for this build, I'll be willing to settle for a regular SATA hard drive.
Thanks.