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    Compal EL81 & SATA

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by remzi, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. remzi

    remzi Notebook Guru

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    According to Compal's specifications, this notebook doesn't support SATA, but after checking the "disassembly guide" of EL81 from their web page, I saw there is SATA support on this notebook. How come? Is it a hidden feature or what?
     
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    remzi Notebook Guru

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    Well, I have an EL81, it works with a PATA HDD, but in the manual, there is a SATA port shown near the CDROM connection. I'll try to post a picture from the manual. I'm confused :)
     
    remzi, Nov 14, 2007
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