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    ich7-m laptops with PATA drives, can I upgrade to SATA

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by discord, Aug 10, 2010.

  1. discord

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    I have a couple of nice ultraportable panasonic toughbooks. PATA drives are more expensive, slower, and of smaller capacity. I think that the chipset natively supports SATA, and some sort of PATA to SATA bridge is used. Is their a way I can "upgrade" so that I can use SATA drives on the machines?
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The optical drive on this laptop is custom, since it is so small. I'm wondering if there is a way to "upgrade" the laptop to accept a SATA drive, since its using a SATA chipset, but a PATA bridge...
     
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    If there sata connectors, yes. If the mobo connection only supports pata then you can't
     
    nikeseven, Aug 11, 2010
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