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SATA2 SSD compatible with SATA1 connector

Does sata2 SSD drive work on Macbook Pro 3.1 (Santa Rosa, Late 2007, Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz)? This MBP has SATA 1 connector but are SATA2 SSD drives backwards compatible with this computer without problems?

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Yes it will work. Sometimes you will need to jumper down the drive to 1.5 for it to work. This is especially true on the newer faster SATA 3 drives. Do a search for the model number of your drive and "jumpers" for the specs on which pins need to jumpered for different speeds.

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