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[zoxpop1980]

Haloo to all.I have a big problem.My HDD have lot of bad sectors and i want to repleace him with one new.i want to buy one with SATA II but don't now if Amilo m3438 suport SATA II HDD??? Can someone help me??? If not, can someone tel me witch HDD is best choice for this laptop???? i wish to by one with 250gb!!!

[hikaru]

You can use any 2.5"-SATA disk with 9.5mm height.

[zoxpop1980]

thank you for answare, but the question is if amilo m3438 support SATA-II (sata 2) HDD-s???

[hikaru]

It depends on what you mean with "it supports". HDDs with SATA II interface will work with your notebook but you will not be able to use the full speed of the interface.

[zoxpop1980]

yes i want to know if speed is suported, sata 2 have 3Gbs and sata1 only 1.5Gbs.???

[hikaru]

Current HDDs (2.5", 5400rpm) can't support SATA II, since the hardware can't provide more than 70GB/s. Other HDDs (3.5", 10000rpm) might give you twice of that but are still far away even from 1.5Gb/s

[zoxpop1980]

Ok.So if i buy HDD with SATA2 and put them in amilo m3438 , it will work but the speed will not be 3Gbs and only 1.5Gbs. If i understand???

[hikaru]

Yes.

[zoxpop1980]

thank you very much.

[zoxpop1980]

i have one more question: will WD 250GB 8MB 5400 SATA work on M3438??? i mean if m3438 recognize the size of this HDD???

[hikaru]

I'm pretty sure that it will work. At least I know other users who made 250GB work in this notebook.

[zoxpop1980]

thanks