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    Help identifying a HDD connector

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by rankinging, Aug 22, 2010.

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    It's from my laptop's secondary HDD bay. Is it a regular SATA?
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    It`s SATA for certain.
     
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    Is it possible to tell if it's SATA I or II?
     
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    SATAI and SATAII use the connector. SATAII is supplied on ICH8M or newer Intel I/O chipsets. SATAII HDDs/SSDs are backward compatible so can run on SATAI interfaces.
     
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