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Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

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Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#1 Post by voytee » Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:49 pm

Hello everyone. I`m new here :)

I cant find any info about sata speeds and pcie speeds in this model. Can anyone help?

Also i have a t400 model and it seems to have much better wifi card so I was wondwring if i can change them...

Thanks in advance.

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Re: Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#2 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:45 pm

R500 has SATA II (300 MB/sec) and PCIe 1.1.

You can probably swap the WiFi between the T400 and R500.
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Re: Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#3 Post by unixed » Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:46 pm

Welcome to the forum.
If the wifi card doesn't work you can try searching for a modified BIOS with the whitelist removed.

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Re: Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#4 Post by voytee » Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:53 pm

Thank you verry nuch for replies.

Isn`t the sata 2 limited by lenovo to 1.5 gb/s like in t400 with simillar specs? I`ve heard lenovo did it to increase compatibility with ultrabay devices... Thanks in advance.

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Re: Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#5 Post by TPFanatic » Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:57 pm

That speed limitation was on T61 and models contemporary to it. For them a modded BIOS (Middleton's) would correct that.

T400, R500, etc.. of the Montevina chipset generation run SATA 2 at the correct speeds normally.

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Re: Question about R500 sata speed and pci speed.

#6 Post by voytee » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:27 am

Thanks guys.

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