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    SZ - SATA I or SATA II?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by drummo, Jul 21, 2007.

  1. drummo

    drummo Notebook Guru

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    Can anyone help with a question on upgrading the hard drive in a SZ Vaio.

    I have ordered an Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 HDD SATA 3 Gb/s Hard Drive, but I have just seen from running HD Tune that my current HDD is SATA I and presumably 1.5 Gb/s.

    Are SATA II drives backwards compatible with SATA I, so that the 3Gb/sec drive would be OK in my SZ, or do I need to cancel my order and get the SATA version of the drive??
     
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    aaa Notebook Consultant

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    They are backward compatible.
     
    aaa, Jul 21, 2007
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    drummo Notebook Guru

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    Thanks AAA!
     
    drummo, Jul 21, 2007
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