Lenovo SATA III Bay interface

Hi guys, I am thinking about finding a connector for Lenovo Ultrabay so I can have a nice enclosure for additional hdd while I have my dvd drive connected for backup purpose. I know I can buy an external hdd enclosure but I think the ultrabay is well made and much easier to plug/unplug (no need for screws). So, do you guys know what interface the bay uses to connect to the laptop? (not the interface connecting hdd). Thanks many times.  

I have the Dv7t-7000 quad edition CTO. It uses ivy bridge and the Intel Mobile Express Chipset Sata/Raid controller. The first 2 ports are sata 6Gb, I have confirmed this. Port 0 is for the first drive bay which is closest to the motherboard sata port connectors.  Port 1 is the MSSD port located under the keyboard/faceplate. You must remove the keyboard and top cover to get to it.
The second drivebay,  port 2 is for the second harddrive bay located next to the first drive bay, it has a speed of 1.5Gb and finally port 4 is the DVD/BluRay drive.
If you are going to run an SSD, best to remove the drive HP installed in port 0 and put it in the first drive bay connected to port 0. You can run a MSSD in the MSSD slot, 256GB would be the prefered size. If you have a spindle drive (like the 1tb drive that comes with the DV7t, place it in the second hard drive bay (they do not exceed 1.5Gb speed) and can be accerated the MSSD. Remember, you must have a drive on port 0 regardless and have the boot information there, the other drives will not boot unless it exists. You may multi boot but the boot for the multiboot must exist on port0 (first drive bay slot).

Similar Messages

  • Urgent, my HDD is dying! : Will a Lenovo MT-M 5485 -AB6 take only a SATA III HDD?

    My current HDD is a WD5000AAKS and I've been told it is not long for this world. I need to replace it, but do I need to buy the exact same model? The HDD has 500GB capacity, what is the largest capacity storage HDD the machine can handle if the replacement HDD is SATA III compatable? Does the replacement HDD have to be SATA III compatable?
    Thank you in advance, with my HDD possibly sick, I'm in a race against time! 

    To me it sounds like the HDD is good, but the boot files on it are corrupted.   The WD Extended Test does a surface scan.    The WD Blue drives that Lenovo used are as reliable as any HDD made.  
    http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Most-Rel​iable-Hardware-of-2013-528/#HardDrive
    Use Rescue and Recovery to restore the system, you'll then need to update Windows and any apps & user data since that backup was made.   Or reload the OS from scratch, format the drive partition when you do (don't delete the partitions.)    When you have the OS back, but before you do anything else, as a double-check, run Chkdsk surface scan per the above link, watch to see if any sectors were bad and "spared".    If none, then the data was corrupt, no HDD problem.     Could it have been a virus that corrputed your boot files?    What Security program are you using?  

  • S415 SATA Interface - SATA II or SATA III?

    Does anyone know what type of SATA interface is available on the S415? Is it SATA II or SATA III?

    bridle_post wrote: How do I determine if my HP Pavilion HPE h8-1160 CTO supports SATA III?  HP documentation doesn't seem to be specific about SATA II or SATA III.  Considering an SDD upgrade.  Thanks.
    Hello bridle_post. It appears these series of HP systems ships with either an AMD chipset and an Intel chipset.
    Both these chipsets in a retail motherboard support Sata lll, but it appears that in the HP motherboard version, Sata ll are only supported.
    Here  is a link to the specifications for this system with the Intel chipset, and it shows the specification for the hard drives as 3 GB/s.
    Here  is the link to the AMD motherboard, and it also shows 3GB/s.
    Please click the White Kudos star on the left, to say thanks.
    Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem.

  • Big Problems with Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and W520

    Hi,
    i get my W520 last week with an normal SATA 500 GB Drive, at home i changed it to a Samsung Series 830 SSD SATA III (256GB) and install windows 7 64bit pro via recovery media.
    I was wondering, startup was taking very long .... from starting windows to the logon screen 1.45 minutes ... Now i tried a new recovery, same issue, tested the harddisk which is in good state.
    I changed back to the 500GB Drive, startup take only 30 seconds around....
    Are there any known issues?
    Best Wishes
    Markus
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi,
    hope to catch all questions and some additional Information 
    1. RST is installed
    2. BIOS 1.34
    3. latest Lenovo Updates are all installed
    4. latest Windows Updates are all installed
    5. Clean Install i have tried, but first startup has shown the same issue
    6. Tried the SSD via main bay and via multibay
    7. checked BIOS for AHCI Mode
    8. switched to Diagnostic mode (where can i view the report, machine goes driectly further in Booting windows)?
    Machine Type is 42844MG
    Core i7-2860QM (2.50GHz), 16GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD, 15.6in FullHD LED BL 1920x1080 + Colorimeter, 2GB nVidia Quadro 2000M, CDRW/DVDRW, Intel 6300AGN Wireless, Modem, Bluetooth, UMTS, 1GB Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, Kamera, 9c Li-Ion, Windows 7 Professional (64-Bit)
    What speaks again Samsung SSD's, at the moment it is the fastest SDD on the market and so far i've seen no bad rewiews.
    I can't find any thread with same (SSD and problem) ... i have seen some SSD issues in another community thread, but not with same symtoms. I don't know where to locate, at the SSD, at W520, whereeever.
    Best Wishes
    Markus

  • Adding an SSD (SATA III) to HP Elite desktop. Is it possible?

    Dear Experts...
    I would like to upgrade my computer adding an SSD drive as a master drive and shifting the original 2TB drive to be a slave.
    I found several coices of SSD drives but almost all of them are SATA III interface.
    Does my desktop supports this interface? as it is just written that it has a SATA interface without specifying which version of SATA!
    How many hard drives could this desktop holds? I already have two (the original 2TB, and my old 256GB drive), and I wand to add one SSD for Windows and progs.
    Can I buy this SSD for example? Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit Version Internal Solid State ...
    This is the official HP specifications page of my Desktop .
    Thank you in advance for your help.
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Hi,
    It has 2 spare HDD bays as on its specs:
         http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02781215
    You can swap SSD on your machine and make the old HDD as a secondary ("slave") drive. SATA III is backward compatible therefore you can use it. Since SSD's are smaller (normally 2.5") you need something which is similar to one of the following brackets:
       http://pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=210_901
    Regards.
    BH
    **Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

  • MSATA or SATA III Drive

    Hello,
    I currently own a T420-4177CTO with a 160GB SSD drive and am running out of space.  Without taking any covers off I believe this is installed in the main bay underneath the unit.  After some research I believe I have a couple of options.  One would be to simply upgrade the existing SSD to a larger SATA III 512GB SSD in the same slot, which as I understand it is SATA III capable -about $500.00.  Second option would be to add an mSATA drive to the available slot on the side of the unit ( not the ultra bay) and move mostly storage files to that new drive - about $260.00.  The read / write speeds look to be similar but the power consumption for the mSATA is higher and it might be a bit slower. My guess is that it will be faster than the current factory installed drive so that should not be a concern. Are those assumptions correct ?  If so should I take the opposite approach and move the operating files to the newer drive ?
    Thanks.

    Your current SSD is a Intel 520 if i am correct, since Lenovo offered intel ssd in the 160 gigs capacity. If it is the Intel one, then your mSATA will be slightly slower in terms of boot up (by 1 or 2 secs at most), and other data bandwidth intensive apps.
    For normal use mSATA and 2.5 inch SATA is about the same.
    I am currently on a mSATA 128 gigs and 500 gigs hdd in the main bay, and the performance difference compared to a pure Intel 520 that i had before is minimal.
    Regards,
    Jin Li
    May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
    I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

  • SATA II or III on late 2010 MBP - Also SATA III and SSD performance

    Hello:
    I would like to confirm that only the new 2011 MBP's have 6gb SATA interfaces. My MBP reports Series 5 and 3gb on both optical and HD bay. I have an SSD in the optical bay and a WD Scorpio Black in the HD slot. Both have a negotiated link speed of 3gb. I put the SSD in the optical bracket and the spinning drive in the real drive slot to take advantages of the physical protection in the HD bay.
    If the new MBP's have one SATA III channel, I would assume it's important to put the SSD in that slot.
    My SSD has a SATA II (3gb) interface. Some new ones have 6gb. Do SSD drives even approach that throughput or 3gb throughput? Which leads to the question, would a SATA III SSD perform better in a SATA III MBP?
    I know the benchmarks may not even be noticeable in real life use for most of us

    I have just out a SSD on my 2010 MBP, from all the info i could find both the HDD and optibay in the 2010 late SATA II, this is the reason i  put my SSD in the optibay as the speed would be the same.
    I did think about getting a SATA III SSD for the future when i upgrade but at the time they were very expensive and i had read reports about problems connecting to a SATA II.
    The new MBP do only have SATA III in the HDD spot so this would be the best place for any SATA III SSD.
    Personally on a 2010 MBP im happy, i still get great speeds Vs a HDD but with keeping the HDD in its original spot i get to keep spin down and the motion sensor.

  • L420 SATA III 600 MB/s

    Hello Lenovo-guys
    I am considering to install a SSD in my Lenovo L420 laptop. But I cant figure out if the SATA port will support SATA 3 (600 MB/s), if it only supports SATA 2, i think I would consider buying a new laptop.
    Another quistion: is it possible to get a bay for the DVD bay, so that it would be possible to install a HDD in there instead of the DVD, I never use the DVD, and if I can get a fast SSD for booting etc. , and a big 1 TB in the DVD bay, it would be wonderfull.
    Thank you for your time.
    //Markus
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi! The HDD bay supports SATA III speeds, so any SATA III SSD will be fully utilised.
    As for the DVD slot, it also supports SATA III speeds and you can use a caddy to replace the DVD, but any HDD you will place there will not be bootable. No problem though for any other use (storage etc). Any caddy with SATA to SATA connectors and 12.7 mm height is compatible.
    An aesthetic problem is the bezel of the caddy which is flat, but you could replace that with the DVD bezel and your L420 will maintain its looks from the side.
    Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
    If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"!
    This will help the rest of the Community with similar issues identify the verified solution and benefit from it.

  • TP T60 SATA port / SATA III SSD?

    Hi, I have an old IBM/Lenovo TP T60 1952-CTO and I need a new hard drive. I immediately thought of buying some SSD (probably Micron RealSSD C400 128/256GB used in new ThinkPads). The problem is that these new SSDs are equipped with SATA III interface. My question is if my T60 has a SATA II port and if I can use that (or similar) SSD with this laptop.
    Thanks
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hello,
    Yes, that should work fine.  Unlike with older computers, there really is no capacity limitation for machines with SATA interfaces.
    Two other recommendations for upgrading are to bring your ThinkPad T60 up to 3GB of RAM (you can install 2×2GB of RAM, but the last 1GB of RAM will not be accessible due to chipset limitations) and to use a newer version of Windows than Windows XP on it, as the SSD, like all modern disk drives, uses a different sector size that Windows XP does not handle very well.  Windows Vista, 7 and 8 will all work fine, but most people seem to prefer Windows 7 due to its improvements over Vista.
    Regards,
    Aryeh Goretsky
    I am a volunteer and neither a Lenovo nor a Microsoft employee. • Dexter is a good dog • Dexter je dobrý pes
    S230u (3347-4HU) • X220 (4286-CTO) • W510 (4318-CTO) • W530 (2441-4R3) • X100e (3508-CTO) • X120e (0596-CTO) • T61p (6459-CTO) • T43p (2678-H7U) • T42 (2378-R4U) • T23 (2648-LU7)
      Deutsche Community   Comunidad en Español Русскоязычное Сообщество

  • Intel 520 SATA III SSD causes atapi errors, but stock Hatachi SATA II does not

    W520 Received March 2012. Took out stock Hatachi HTS72322A7A365 500GB SATA II drive and replaced with Intel 520-Series 240 GB SATA III SSD also put a second identical SSD in drive bay. All went well until a few days ago, now getting scores of Atapi - Event ID:11 - The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort0.  Either of these two SSDs bring up this error on channel 0 (underneath laptop).  NEITHER (NONE) SSD brings up the error in the drive bay.
    Put the Hatachi back and no error.  What happened over the last few days?  Hatachi SATA II no error; is there a W520 hardware problem with very high speed SATA III SSDs?  Why the degrade all of a sudden?  Bad chip set? BIOS was upgraded to latest, but still errors. Don't think there were any WIN-7 / 64 updates. 
    Call Lenovo to replace laptop?  But NO errors with the stock / supplied SATA II Hatachi, just the SATA III SSD on channel 0, but not channel 1, so do I have a claim?  Any ideas?  I'd buy the wimpy Lenovo 160GB SSD (it's approved) for channel 0, but it's SATA II not III.  SSD or W520?
    W520 4282W59 WIN-7-64 i7-2760QM @ 2.40GHz 2401 Mhz, 16GB Memory, NVIDIA Quadro 1000M

    I did a hard drive copy from the Intel 520 SSD in chanel 0 (underside laptop) to a new Samsung 830 256GB SSD in channel 1 (Ultra Bay).  Remember I get the atapi errors on channel 0 with the Intel 520 SSD in chanel 0.  The copy took longer that I thought it would.  Then I put the Samsung in chanel 0 and the Intel in chanel 1 UltraBay.  Reboot.  No atapi errors!  The Samsung DOES NEED "enable write caching and turn off buffer flushing" or it performs badly compared to an Intel 520 SSD.  The Samsung (using ATTO and AS SSD) comes in at 475-495 MB/s with "enable write caching and turn off buffer flushing".  It performs half that if "enable write caching and turn off buffer flushing" is not checked.  The Intel SSD performs at 485-505 MB/s no matter if "enable write caching and turn off buffer flushing" is checked or not.  These are general observations and are dependant on transfer size, queue depth and so forth, but this observation is repeatable.
    So, all things being equal, one might conclude that the Intel 520 SSD is not compatible with the W520.  NO.  NOT.  I put that Intel 520 SSD back into chanel 0 and booted up.  Again see atapi errors.  Next I did a complete software update from lenovo.  Checked and installed all updates, recommended, critical, so forth.  Ended up with all that bloatware.  Big battery and Wi-Fi icons on notification area task bar...  Ran the ATTO and the AS SSD in parallel.  No atapi errors.  Disk rates way up there at 500 MB/s.  Ran MalwareBytes in parallel with MS Security Essential in parallel with ATTO in parallel with AS SSD.  No atapi errors and still great disk rates. 
    Nest removed as much Lenovo bloatware as possible. Reboot.  Still NO ATAPI ERRORS.  The Intel 520 SSD is better than the Samsung 830 looking at AS SSD and ATTO, but the Samsung is quite respectable.
    Solved? Yes mostly.  I took another Intel 520 SSD that was always used as a one for one copy of my chanel 0 Intel 520 SSD.  I put this other, identical copy, Intel 520 SSD in chanel 0 and again saw atapi errors.  I upgraded Lenovo software, but only the one critical update (Intel ACHI SATA Driver 11.2.0.1006).  Reboot. No more errors, BUT this (identical copy) Intel 520 SSD only works at SATA 2 rates.  ATTO and AS SSD never go higher than 250 MB/s.
    I will keep trying and get to the bottom of this.  Maybe I'll install all that other Lenovo updates and see if the "copy" Intel 520 SSD goes up to 500 MB/s.  Maybe I'll just copy the "working 500 MB/s" Intel 520 SSD to the "copy" Intel520 SSD but this is like giving up.  Jimbetto, I would recommend doing what I did.  Install ALL Lenovo updates and see if your problems go away.  Or, copy to a Samsung 830 and then see if your problems go away.
    Any comments from the group?

  • On my Macbook pro 15 2011, System Profiler is suggesting that it uses SATA III for the hard drive and SATA II for the Optical Drive.  Is that true?

    On my Macbook pro 15, 2011, System Profiler is suggesting that it uses SATA III for the hard drive and SATA II for the Optical Drive.  Is that true?

    That is correct. The tech specs indicate:
    Hard Drive Interface
    6.0 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA)
    Optical Drive Interface
    3.0 or 6.0 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA)

  • Will a SATA III Hard Drive work on a Mac Pro 2,1 (2008)

    Will a SATA III work on a Mac Pro 2,1 (I think 2008)?
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CSIG1G/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    If not the above, then what?

    Apple Pro RAID card is not compatible with 3TB drives and never will be it now seems. It also lacks any real performance and is destined where RAID 5 is a must.
    SSDs are a more interesting matter in choice and support... but not traditional platter type drives.
    I use SSD for system now 100% on multiple systems, 10K WD VR ($200 for 1TB / 180MB/sec and variety of WD blacks and Green.
    2008 has some interesting stuff, PCIe mix and support and booting, but more choices in GPU. Runs best with all 8 DIMM slots filled. Was the first to have UEFI to support 64-bit kernel but does not support industry standard enough to support Windows 8 UEFI.
    Storage market would be a total mess like it was back in 2004 when SATA 1.0 moved to 2.0 and lots of problems. SATA 1.0 in early G5 was just PATA with an SATA interface chip slapped on and not "native" SATA. THAT is where the "will the IBM Hitachi or Seagate or Maxtor" really did require research. Not with Mac Pro line 2006 and on.

  • Sata III hard drive cable compatible with older generation of macbook pro

    Would my macbook ( 17 in mid 2009 ) be compatible with a new hard drive cable ( sata III ) ? I upgraded my hard drive to Samsung Pro 840 and wanted to upgrade my sata II cable to a sata III for faster read and write. Is this possible?

    Dave The Newbie,
    replacing the cable will not increase the interface speed, just as putting racing slicks on a minivan won’t make it a dragster. I have the same model SSD in my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro, and my MacBook Pro’s SATA interface is limited to SATA II, just like yours. Unless you’re planning on mainly running disk-bound apps, it’s not something that you’ll need to worry about — just enjoy the SSD as is.

  • ADDING A SATA III SSD AT 6GBS TO MY DESKTOP COMPUTER

    I have an HP Pavilion Elite built in May 2008 model number KQ497AA - ABAm9340f with a
    Manufacturer's motherboard: Asus IPIBL-LB
    Will this motherboard accept SATA III because I'm planning to add a Crucial 240gb SSD rated at 6gbs,  My current HDD is 750 gb running at SATA II, 3 gbs.
    This question was solved.
    View Solution.

    Terlat1234, welcome to the forum.
    Yes, it appears that the drive will work in your computer.  Here is the recommended components on the Crucial Memory website using their Crucial Advisor tool.  One of their featured upgrades is a MX100 - 512 GB - SSD that is SATA III.  Since these drives are 2.5", it will be necessary to buy an adapter for it to fit into a 35" drive bay.
    If you want more information you could contact their Customer Support.  They have always been very helpful when I contacted them.
    Please click the "Thumbs up + button" if I have helped you and click "Accept as Solution" if your problem is solved.
    Signature:
    HP TouchPad - 1.2 GHz; 1 GB memory; 32 GB storage; WebOS/CyanogenMod 11(Kit Kat)
    HP 10 Plus; Android-Kit Kat; 1.0 GHz Allwinner A31 ARM Cortex A7 Quad Core Processor ; 2GB RAM Memory Long: 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM (1600MHz); 16GB disable eMMC 16GB v4.51
    HP Omen; i7-4710QH; 8 GB memory; 256 GB San Disk SSD; Win 8.1
    HP Photosmart 7520 AIO
    ++++++++++++++++++
    **Click the Thumbs Up+ to say 'Thanks' and the 'Accept as Solution' if I have solved your problem.**
    Intelligence is God given; Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!
    I am not an HP employee.

  • X Series SATA II or SATA III?

    I just bought a ThinkPad X201 (still shipping) getting ready to buy a sdd for it. does this thing support SATA III? Or am i limited to a SATA II.
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    limited to SATA II at 3.0 Gb/s, SATA III which is 6.0 Gb/s is not implemented. 
    Regards,
    Jin Li
    May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
    I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Maybe you are looking for