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    Will SATA2 work on my Dell XPS m1530?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Patrik_B, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. Patrik_B

    Patrik_B Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will it and what is the difference between SATA and SATA2? Its a Seagate Momentus 160gig 7200.2 7200rpm.

    Thanks!
    /Patrik
     
    Patrik_B, Mar 29, 2008
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  2. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    sata is 1.5 Gbps sata2 is 3 Gbps...same cables used though, just higher bandwidth on SATA2
     
    Diablo, Mar 29, 2008
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    A sata 2 harddrive will work fine in your xps 1530.
    No notebook harddrive can even run higher than 70mb/sec at the moment, which is not even half of the sata 1 bandwidth.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Mar 29, 2008
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