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‎05-06-2016 02:48 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion Entertainment PC

My HDD has died (S.M.A.R.T has triped), I am looking for an SSD to replace it, in PC World, they all say SATA III, in the user manuel, the only thing it says is ATA 7, can I use SATA III in my Laptop ?

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‎05-06-2016 07:23 AM

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Yes your laptop is SATA-II but SATA-III drives and SSDs will downclock to run on a SATA-II or even a SATA-I bus. 

 

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‎05-06-2016 07:23 AM

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Yes your laptop is SATA-II but SATA-III drives and SSDs will downclock to run on a SATA-II or even a SATA-I bus. 

 

If you need any more help let us know. 

 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

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