Sata 2 solid state drive

dv6 1030us - will this motherboard support a sata2 solid state drive as the primary drive?
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Yes, it will. You can use SATA III because all backward compatible. I believe dv6 3xxx machines use SATA II. You can check yourself using a program called PCWizard 2012.
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