Thinkpads Forum

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:27 pm**

What is the bus bandwith of the expresscard slot in Lenovo t410?
I would like to get sata2 performance. Is it possible?

thank you

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:39 pm**

rychuu wrote:What is the bus bandwith of the expresscard slot in Lenovo t410?
I would like to get sata2 performance. Is it possible?

thank you

As far as I am aware, yes. There is ExpressCard and then there is ExpressCard 2.0. Lenovo does not specify whether their slots are ExpressCard 2.0, but from what I have read, if the computer has PCI Express 2.0 in the chipset, then it will support ExpressCard 2.0. The speed of ExpressCard 2.0 is 5Gbit/sec whereas SATA II is 3Gbit/sec.

I stand corrected below.

Posted: **Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:38 am**

T410 expresscard slot is v1.0 only, so up to 2,5Gbit/sec is possible.

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:55 am**

tporter wrote:T410 expresscard slot is v1.0 only, so up to 2,5Gbit/sec is possible.

really ?

I have read intel article about chipset and there was something about 5gb

Posted: **Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:54 am**

rychuu wrote:
really ?

I have read intel article about chipset and there was something about 5gb

T410 uses Intel 5 series chipset (QM57 exactly)

From Intel datasheet here:

PCI Express*
— NEW: 8 PCI Express root ports
— NEW: PCI Express 2.0 specification running at 2.5 GT/s.
— Support for full 2.5 Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane— Module based Hot-Plug supported (such as, ExpressCard*)

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:37 am**

oooouch
thank you
good to know that expresscard is not usable

Thinkpads Forum

esata II on expresscard in t410?

esata II on expresscard in t410?

Re: esata II on expresscard in t410?

Re: esata II on expresscard in t410?

Re: esata II on expresscard in t410?

Re: esata II on expresscard in t410?

Re: esata II on expresscard in t410?