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    SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive Caddy?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' 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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  2. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    It should just be acting as a big glorified cable. It's got a circuit board usually to run the activity light, but that's it. You can install it and run HDtach or similar to make sure you're getting full speeds. (though even if it did run at 1.5Gbps, that's still more than mechanical HDD's can do)
     
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