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‎12-03-2022 12:16 PM

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Product: HP ENVY Desktop - 795-0011na

I'm looking at adding a further SATA SSD drive to my Envy 795-0011na.  There are two spare SATA ports on the bottom of the board.  One blue and one yellow.  I can't find any details about what SATA version these are.  Are they SATA 2 or SATA 3. Or perhaps one of each?  Does any one know?  

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Jon 

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‎12-03-2022 12:57 PM

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Hi, Jon:

 

The chipset specs for the Berks motherboard your PC comes with indicates that there can be a maximum of 6 SATA ports.

 

Intel® H370 Chipset

 

I know that on my ancient HP 8200 Elite CMT business desktop PC, it has 4 SATA ports.

 

The two blue ones are SATA 3 (6.0 GB/S) and the other two are SATA 2 (3.0 GB/S).

 

Usually, the blue ports are used for hard drives and the other colors are used for DVD drives and may not be SATA 3 since DVD drives only run at the SATA 1 (1.5 GHz) speed.

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‎12-04-2022 03:45 AM

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hi

except error the disk must be connected, but you can check with intel rapid storage
and or HWinfo

 

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Upgrading-my-HP-Envy-700-059-cb...

 

sata 3 6.gif

but if it's a slower disk it will be the speed of the disk, displayed, so you have to try with a 6 gb

 

 

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