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    SATA/SATAII Compatability

    Discussion in 'HP' started by jcll03, Jun 16, 2009.

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    I/O chipsets since ICH7M are SATA-II 3Gbps capable, including the DV3t/dv4t. Though in some cases the vendor has bios capped the interface to 1.5Gbps. More likely to be uncapped 3Gbps capable, though you can double check by viewing the CAP.ISS setting on your system.
     
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    thanks for the linkage
     
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