Will a SATA II (3.0gb/s) harddrive work in my MBP?

Hi. My hard disk in my A1150 1.83ghz macbook pro just crashed and I'm in a rush to install a new one. I purchased a 320gb Seagate 7200.3 HD with SATA 3.0gb/s and I would like to make sure that this is going to work in my machine. From what I understand the SATA 2 is backwards compatible (I'm pretty sure the older macbook pros have SATA I) but if I could just verify I'd feel a whole lot better. I really don't understand the difference between the two and this couldn't have happened at a worse time. Thanks for all the help.

As long as it's a 2.5 inch laptop drive with an SATA connector then yes, it will work.

Be aware you may have to use the jumpers to throttle the drive back to 1.5GB/S. Pop the drive in and if she formats no trouble. Some will be backwards compatible, some will only with the jumpers.

Use this link to see what is compatible with your designated machine.

Data Storage Upgrades for your Apple MacBook Pro 1.83GHz (15-inch Intel Core Duo) - Early 2006 at OtherWorldComputing.com

hey thanks a lot! I'll let you know how it goes.