Question: Hi,
I ve recently bought a new hdd which is sata 3. I ve got a sata cable and plug it into my motherboard which says sata 2 but it won t show up. I can hear it s getting power. I also thought sata 3 was back compatible.
Answer:BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product H81M-D2V
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3601 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Name Radeon RX 580 Series
Windows 10
Seagate 2 TB BarraCuda 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive (7200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s, Up to 220 MB/s, Model: ST2000DM008)
1 Kingston ssd 240gb
1 (unknown) ssd 120gb (os installed)