Focus on the systems SATA port standard. So a SATA III system can support older SATA I or SATA II drives. That isn’t always true the other way! So a FIXED SATA III drive won’t ratchet down it’s data flow to the slower SATA I or SATA II system! There is a small loophole to this! This is where an AUTO SENSE drive is able to auto-magically ratchet down to what the system can support.
So now locate the spec sheet for the SSD to check it’s specs then match it to what the system logic board supports:
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2009 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
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2010 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
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2011 - SATA III (6.0Gb/s)
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* 2009 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
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* 2010 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
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* 2011 - SATA III (6.0Gb/s)
So if you swapped out the 2010 logic board to a 2011 you may encounter issues moving it’s drive to the older system.
Focus on the systems SATA port standard. So a SATA III system can support older SATA I or SATA II drives. That isn’t always true the other way! So a FIXED SATA III drive won’t ratchet down it’s data flow to the slower SATA I or SATA II system! There is a small loophole to this! This is where an AUTO SENSE drive is able to auto-magically ratchet down to what the system can support.
So now locate the spec sheet for the SSD to check it’s specs then match it to what the system logic board supports:
2009 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
2010 - SATA II (3.0Gb/s)
2011 - SATA III (6.0Gb/s)
So if you swapped out the 2010 logic board to a 2011 you may encounter issues moving it’s drive to the older system.