Pavillon G6-2361 SATA Bus isdue

[Nick_Ko2]

Hello Forum,

I need to know the exact SATA BUS Version (1 - 2 or 3 ?) for my Pavillon G6-2361eo Notebook?

I've looked evrywhere on the net, bur CANNOT find indeed this information!?

I've currently installed a new SDD within the elderly Notebook, but it seems it  possibly runs just the SATA 2 (3 Gbps) at the moment?

Can this really be true, since I would expect the full SATA 3 Speed (6 Gbps)  to be running at the PC - So I then can enjoy the FULL Performance Boost from indeed my new SDD (WIN10 OS) Device in question!?

(Never the less - PC is now really running MUCH MUCH better with its new (WIN10 OS) SSD, than it did b4 with just its former old fashioned HDD! - No doubt about that!)

But:

Would it perhaps still be possible to  recofigure the internal SATA Bus, in order to run within the desired SATA 3 mode at the Laptop - somehow?

(Thus - Right now it appears , I've just my current  "not so fast"  Internet Connection - (as the common bottleneck!) - left  to Play with, in order to put even more TURBO into the entire System, I guess!? - 

(mostly because of the Notebook fixed both: Tiny Tiny 8GB max RAM and its quite Old just 1,8 Gig AMD CPU + its related AMD Chipset(s) 🤔)

(In  addition I've also made quite much Software tuning, to speed things even more up at the PC!)

Thus, could somebody perhaps help a little w some useful Tips & Tricks on my issue here?

That would be MUCH appreciated!

Thank you very much in advance!

/Nick K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You can't change the SATA Bus speed from what it is now.

Run the free utility that I zipped up and attached below and it should show you the drive speed and the drive controller speed.

You've got a low-end AMD processor/chipset from 2012, so I would not be surprised it the controller was SATA II.

They do that with the older Pentium and Celeron processors from that time period where the Intel core processors have SATA III controllers.

[Nick_Ko2]

Thanks for your answer below Paul!

Yes, I'm about to test my SATA Type and Speed via your utility provided -Thank you!

However, I just got to think about, if alternatively evt. connecting my internal (Samsung 870-EVO) SATA3 SSD Device onto the Laptop via one of its (2) High Speed (4,8 Gbps) USB 3.0 Ports, by help of an external (but FAST) SATA3=>USB 3.0 Adapter (Enclosure) Solution - could (perhaps?) Boost the all over Laptop Performance even more via this  (however, a little clumsy) method, I must admit?

Any clue?

However a Chain is never stronger than its weakest part, and if it's just a matter of, then simply moving the final Bottleneck within the System to some other Old/slow Components - along the total Data Path - Inside the quite old Laptop - I'll  probably not achieve anything in this regard - when all comes to all - Right!?

So maybe the current SATA2 BUS inside the Laptop -  IRL - appears to be in a fairly OK Performance Balance with all the REMAINING relevant Components (e.g. CPU / DMA Controller / Amount of RAM / Graphics etc. etc.) inside the Laptop at the very end???

So perhaps it's therefore simply the best solution, just to leave things, as they are within the Laptop right now!?

I would MUCH Appreciate, to hear your Comments at above thoughts of mine!

Thank you very much in advance Paul!

/Nick K

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Nick:

I think that it would be cumbersome running the drive from a USB 3 port.

It might be a little faster (5 GB/S max transfer speed vs 3 GB/S out of a SATA II port).

The question would be:  Can you boot from the external drive and run Windows from it?

Do you want to have to carry the drive around with you, or would you plan on using it only at home with the notebook plugged in?

Cheers, 

Paul

[Nick_Ko2]

Thx again for answering so fast Paul!🙂

Yes, I agree in the fact, that it'll most likely be to cumbersome, to implement such a USB 3.0 Disk Boot Solution IRL.

However, at the same time, its probably also quite doubtful, if remaining internal Laptop components altogether, will be able to - at all -  support such an increased 5 GB/S max Disk transfer speed, fed into (the quite BUSY) System, (they've NOT been Designed for!) - I presume !? 🙂

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[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, that could very well be that you wouldn't benefit from such an arrangement.

I have several old notebook and desktop PC's with SATA II controllers that I installed SATA III SSD's in and I am very satisfied with the overall improvement in performance with a SSD in those PC's over the slow mechanical hard drives they came with.

I even installed a SATA III SSD in an ancient HP nc6400 notebook with a SATA I controller and even that thing worked much better with a SSD.

You do have the fastest speed 2.5" SATA drive on the market today (tied with the Sandisk SSD Ultra 3D), so at least you are getting everything you can out of the SATA port.