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Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:21 pm

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!!!
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby hikaru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:02 am

You can use any 2.5"-SATA disk with 9.5mm height.
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:50 am

thank you for answare, but the question is if amilo m3438 support SATA-II (sata 2) HDD-s???
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby hikaru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:58 am

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.
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:29 pm

yes i want to know if speed is suported, sata 2 have 3Gbs and sata1 only 1.5Gbs.???
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby hikaru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:59 pm

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
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:35 pm

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???
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!  Topic is solved

Postby hikaru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:45 pm

Yes.
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:48 pm

thank you very much.
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:17 pm

i have one more question: will WD 250GB 8MB 5400 SATA work on M3438??? i mean if m3438 recognize the size of this HDD???
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby hikaru » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:54 pm

I'm pretty sure that it will work. At least I know other users who made 250GB work in this notebook.
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Re: Amilo M3438g SATA II suport HELP!!!

Postby zoxpop1980 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:27 pm

thanks
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