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‎01-18-2021 05:52 AM - edited ‎01-18-2021 05:54 AM

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Product: Pavilion dv7-6150em
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

My notebook specs:

HP Pavilion dv7-6150em,

Windows 10 Home 64-bit (Factory instelled  Win7)

Motherboard HP 3389 (CPU1), Sandy Bridge

HDD TOSHIBA MK7559GSXP, 5400 RPM, SATA2, ATA Standard ATA8-ACS, 698 GB

BIOS version F.1A, Vendor Insyde (Advance mode is not available)

RAM  4 GB, DDR3@665MHz

Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3GHz

Intel HD Graphic 3000 + 2048MB ATI AMD Radon HD 6770

 

With original Toshiba SATA2 HDD, Windows 10 boot time was 2 min (fresh install, no aditional software installed yet).

I replaced Toshiba SATA2 HDD with SATA3 SSD 860 EVO 250G, New Windows 10 installed, boot time is the same (2 min). Shouldn't it be faster, even though the motherboard probably doesn't support SATA3?

 

What have to be done to get max performace of the SATA3 SSD 860 EVO 250G (some drivers, windows update, new bios or else)?

Whether SATA3 SSD will work faster if BIOS firmware will be updated (don't know if available)?

 
Don’t know if laptop’s BIOS can support an SSD via AHCI, and if switching from IDE to AHCI mode will speed up SSD (bios advance mode is not available).

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‎01-18-2021 07:56 AM - edited ‎01-18-2021 07:57 AM

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If you put a SATA 3 SSD on a SATA 2 motherboard it operates as SATA 2. Like putting premium gas in a car that only needs regular or DDR4-2666 on a motherboard that maxxes memory at -2133. Will work, but there will be no performance boost. You are already running in AHCI. Could not run in IDE if you wished. Check the identity of the storage controller in Windows to confirm. 

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‎01-18-2021 07:56 AM - edited ‎01-18-2021 07:57 AM

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If you put a SATA 3 SSD on a SATA 2 motherboard it operates as SATA 2. Like putting premium gas in a car that only needs regular or DDR4-2666 on a motherboard that maxxes memory at -2133. Will work, but there will be no performance boost. You are already running in AHCI. Could not run in IDE if you wished. Check the identity of the storage controller in Windows to confirm. 

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