Elitebook 8540 SATA Upgrade

Hello all.
I upgrade my notebook CD-ROM by SSD 250 GB drive and there is problem with R/W speed.
Current SSD needs to use SATA 6Gb/S to work on maximum speed.
Is it possible to upgrade my SATA 3Gb/s to SATA 6Gb/s ?
Thank you.
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Yes it predates mSATA mSSD drives so the only way to have 2 hard drives/SSDs is to use the main 2.5 inch SATA bay and then also the "expansion bay" which can have a second HDD with the correct adapter or an optical drive. Here is the Service Manual:
Manual
It also predates SATA-III so your best speed is SATA-300, but I believe the expansion bay interface is SATA-150. You should put the operating system on the SSD in the main bay and then the regular mechanical HDD in the expansion bay for storage only for optimum performance.
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From: [email protected]
Subject: 1VE4 fw. vs. 5.1.3
Date: December 16, 2005 7:52:26 AM PST
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From: Paul
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Technical Support Question 1ve4 pci card
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SeriTek/1VE4 v.5.1.1,03/14/05, 23:42:20:
Name: Seri-Tek1VE4
Type: ata
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Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x3200
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x8086
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