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    SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive Caddy?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by MarkZinger, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. MarkZinger

    MarkZinger Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought a hard drive caddy for my optical drive slot on Ebay for $13. T'was a steal. Anyway, I noticed something before I install it - there's a logo on the caddy, which states "SERIAL ATA 1.5Gb/s", which worried me.

    So my question - do caddies play a part in SATA I/II/III speeds or does the caddy just act like SATA cables, retaining the respective SATA II speed? I don't want to have to buy another $40 directly from XoticPC to have SATA II speeds I should be getting with my Vertex 2. Thanks in advance, everyone.


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    MarkZinger, Jun 17, 2011
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  2. R3d

    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    Why not just try it out? Monitor it with CrystalMark and check the speeds. Then you'll know.
     
    R3d, Jun 17, 2011
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    User Retired 2 Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    It's just old labelling when SATA was only 1.5Gb/s. The caddy will transmit at whatever speed the port that it attaches to is.

    EDIT: Per Gregs correction, up to whatever the wiring allows. SATA-I/SATA-II shouldn't be a problem. SATA-III's 5GBps being more pedantic so may get degraded to SATA-III if link level transmission errors occur.
     
    User Retired 2, Jun 18, 2011
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  4. LakeShow89

    LakeShow89 Notebook Evangelist

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    YOU SERIOUS?

    I paid 9.98, but yours has an extra sticker.

    the same thing just happened to me but I didn't get mine yet.

    Dang google I bumped an old thread
     
    LakeShow89, May 21, 2012
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  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Usually, but there's also a reason that we have SATA III and SATA II cables. The higher data throughputs sometimes require additional shielding from electromagnetic interference. Also sometimes the PCB that carries the signals has to be redesigned to reduce noise with the higher data frequencies (the Corsair 800D's hard drive SATA backplane is a perfect example of this...SATA III devices simply did not work correctly on the SATA II version of the PCB). If the OP sees data errors or corruption when running at SATA II or SATA III speeds that caddy is going to be the prime suspect. Keep a close eye on those SMART statistics as they have read error rate, write error rate, and CRC error rate fields that will indicate if there is a data transmission issue.

    Anyway, don't worry about the thread necro. :D
     
    Greg, May 21, 2012
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  6. V_Chip

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    I'm glad this thread was bumped.

    I like learning odd tidbits of information like this. :p

    Thanks lebob23 and Greg.
     
    V_Chip, May 21, 2012
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    That kind of confused me because once I got the the ssd to replace my hdd the connection problems went away. Once I recieve my caddy I will update my old thread about this. http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/637876-i-sent-my-asus-n51vn-a1-rma.html
     
    LakeShow89, May 21, 2012
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