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    Question Regarding Whether the New Sony 3D F Series Laptop's Motherboard Supports SATA2 or SATA3?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tam421602, Apr 10, 2011.

  1. tam421602

    tam421602 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, i recently purchased that new Sony Vaio F 3D laptop. It's a beautiful machine, and i personally installed 8GB or RAM and changed the original HDD to a 120GB Intel 510 Series SSD.
    The Intel 510 is a SATA3, and is suppose to have a read speed of up to 450MB/s. However, i am only getting around 280-300MB/s.... From this, i am now wondering if there're something i gotta do with the SSD or maybe the Laptop itself just doesn't have a SATA3 Port which allow data transfer of up to 6Gbs.

    P.S. This laptop has 2 USB 3.0 ports, so i would just assume it should carry SATA3? I donno, i think my assumption might be wrong based on my read test ....

    Thoughts?

    Thx in advance for everyone's help.

    1. I am running window 7 Home 64bit
    2. Processor is the Intel i7 2620QM
     
    tam421602, Apr 10, 2011
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  2. pyr0

    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    Sandy Bridge supports SATA 6Gb/s.
     
    pyr0, Apr 10, 2011
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    jpride Notebook Evangelist

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    It has Sata 3. But I just wanted to correct an erroneous notion you have - having USB 3.0 in your laptop does not mean having Sata 3. My F13 has 2 USB 3.0 and Sata 2. My chipset does not support SATA 3.
     
    jpride, Apr 10, 2011
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    Bye the way tam421602 do you test it if can pass-through HD-AUDIO ( DTS-MA - DOLBY TRUE HD - LPCM) to external AVR - RECEIVER?
     
    neof1z, Apr 10, 2011
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  5. tam421602

    tam421602 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thx for your answer :) I am glad to know that it is running with the sata3 interface :)
    However, I don't understand why my intel 510 SSD is getting no where close to the 450MB/s and instead only hitting around the 280mB/s range.

    Also, no, sorry, I haven't tried to Connect it to a receiver yet :(
     
    tam421602, Apr 10, 2011
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  6. avmaxfan

    avmaxfan Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I've answered your question in the F 3D owners lounge, don't think it would make sense for me to post the here again. So please check that thread. :)
     
    avmaxfan, Apr 11, 2011
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  7. p.stephenwille@yahoo

    p.stephenwille@yahoo Newbie

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    yep, same here on crucial M4. getting 320MBs. its still quick, with WEI of 7.9, but i'd really like to see the full 500MBs.
     
    p.stephenwille@yahoo, Oct 17, 2011
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  8. p.stephenwille@yahoo

    p.stephenwille@yahoo Newbie

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    please provide link
     
    p.stephenwille@yahoo, Oct 17, 2011
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