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    G53SW-A1 able to use/run SATA3 SSD?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by wufai, Aug 4, 2011.

  1. wufai

    wufai Notebook Enthusiast

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    As titled. I'm not sure if the G53SW can fully take advantage of SATA3. The reason that I'm asking is because I checked desktop motherboards and they only have 2 SATA3 out of the available 8 in its P67 series. I don't know if the 2 bays in the G53 are both capable to running at SATA3.

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    hereticangel Notebook Consultant

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    both HDD bays are on the SATA3 ports. There's an issue as of late with the RST drivers and some SSD models dropping down to SATA2. In that case, just use the MS AHCI driver, or roll back to 10.0.0.1008 RST.
     
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