Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

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Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#1 Post by Phidelio » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:48 pm

Anyone who knows? :)

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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#2 Post by ZaZ » Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:57 pm

SATA III is backwards compatible with SATA II. The W700 and W701 are SATA II machines. SATA III drives will work, but at SATA II speeds.
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#3 Post by Phidelio » Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:20 am

Thank you Fred!

So if I am not wrong I would not be able to fully utilize the speed of the newest SSD drives, those that can do 4-500 MB/sec?
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#4 Post by AMATX » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:25 pm

correct; backwards compatability, without the newer high speed.

If you're going to get another laptop soon that -can- support sata 3, it might be worth buying a sata 3 drive now and migrating it to the newer laptop later.
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#5 Post by Phidelio » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:05 pm

AMATX wrote:correct; backwards compatability, without the newer high speed.

If you're going to get another laptop soon that -can- support sata 3, it might be worth buying a sata 3 drive now and migrating it to the newer laptop later.
Thank you AMATX

Too bad I wanted the w700/701 to be my new laptop :(
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#6 Post by jedisurfer1 » Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:44 pm

is the sata 2 limit a chipset limitation or has someone been able to make a new bios for it?
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?

#7 Post by axur-delmeria » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:55 am

is the sata 2 limit a chipset limitation or has someone been able to make a new bios for it?
It's a chipset limitation.
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