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    Can i use Sata300 on Sata150?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ruperto_glz, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. ruperto_glz

    ruperto_glz Newbie

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    Hey, my laptop is a Toshiba a205 s4617, i found that its Sata, and i want to change the drive to Scorpio 320 GB, 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive with 2.5in. diameter,SATA and i read its Sata300.

    My question is (i dont know what Sata is the computer), is there a problem if its sata150 and i put 300, or i dont get all the benefits, do you think its a Sata150 my pc?
     
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    SATA-300 is backwards compatible to SATA-150. Your notebook is not SATA-300 compliant, but it should run SATA-300 HDDs in SATA-150 mode just fine.

    And there will be no performance/feature difference between SATA-150 and SATA-300 in relation to the Scorpio Black HDD.

    You can also checkout the Seagate 7200.3, which probably comes with a jumper setting to force-enable SATA-150.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    their will be no noticeable performance difference because no notebook mechanical harddrive can max out the SATA -150 interface.

    K-TRON
     
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  4. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    ... So it's only the few MB of data which are in the buffer which benefit from the faster interface.

    And SATA-300 uses a bit more power.

    John
     
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