Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:48 pm
Anyone who knows? 
Thank you
Thank you
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Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
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Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: 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.
Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: 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?
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?
Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: 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.
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.
Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:05 pm
Thank you AMATXAMATX 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.
Too bad I wanted the w700/701 to be my new laptop
Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: 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?
Re: Does the w700 or w701 support SATA3?
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:55 am
It's a chipset limitation.is the sata 2 limit a chipset limitation or has someone been able to make a new bios for it?