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04-14-2017 08:18 AM
hi.
I want to change my laptop hard disk from SATAII to SATAIII and i don't know that mainboard support SATAIII?
my laptop is pavilion dv6-6190se.
thanks for your help.
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04-14-2017 10:07 AM
Like this: http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hard-drives.jpg
The transfer speed of hard disk is what we want to look for.
04-14-2017 08:41 AM
SATA-3 is reverse compatible with SATA-2 and 1 ports.
Motherboard may have SATA-2 support and you put SATA-3 hard drive but it would operate within SATA-2 speed only.
Run this tool to know motherboard supported SATA speed: http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Regards
Visruth
04-14-2017 10:03 AM
thanks for answering to my question.
I used this tool and i find out that my main board model is HP 3388 with 10.31 version and Chipset Revision 09.
but i can't find any where that tell me my mainboard support SATAIII or not?
04-14-2017 10:07 AM
Like this: http://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hard-drives.jpg
The transfer speed of hard disk is what we want to look for.
04-14-2017 10:13 AM - edited 04-14-2017 10:15 AM
thank you very much for your help
unfortunately i found out that i can't use SATA III hard disk on my laptop 😞
best regards to you...