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‎05-05-2016 08:26 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion p7-1003wb
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have to replace the hard drive on my old HP Pavilion p7-1003wb (died) and I know it's an SATA drive, but can't figure out what version of SATA it is, and the product spec sheet for this desktop just states SATA under the hard drive spec. I don't know if that means it's version 1 (?) or they just didn't feel like listing the version. 

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‎05-05-2016 08:37 AM

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Hi:

 

It won't matter what speed sata hard drive you get, because they adjust automatically down to the controller's max capability.  In other words, you can get a SATA III drive (6.0 GBPS), which will run at the SATA II (3.0 GBPS) controller speed.

 

I found this link which shows the chipset on the motherboard your PC has is supposed to support up to SATA II (3.0 GBPS drives.

 

http://motherboards-reviews.com/ASUS/socket_AM3/M4A785D-M_PRO/ASUS_M4A785D-M_PRO_785G_chipset_specif...

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‎05-05-2016 08:37 AM

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Hi:

 

It won't matter what speed sata hard drive you get, because they adjust automatically down to the controller's max capability.  In other words, you can get a SATA III drive (6.0 GBPS), which will run at the SATA II (3.0 GBPS) controller speed.

 

I found this link which shows the chipset on the motherboard your PC has is supposed to support up to SATA II (3.0 GBPS drives.

 

http://motherboards-reviews.com/ASUS/socket_AM3/M4A785D-M_PRO/ASUS_M4A785D-M_PRO_785G_chipset_specif...

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‎05-05-2016 09:20 AM

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Great... that will do, considering how old the machine is.

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‎05-05-2016 09:31 AM

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You're very welcome.

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