SSD Negotiated Speed only @ 1.5 Gigabit on my Macbook (late 2008, 5.1)

Can I downgrade to EFI Firmware 1.3 and hope that negotiated speed goes up to 3 Gigabit?
When I boot the system with the Install DVD my Vertex 3 on my late 2008 Macbook shows 3 Gigabit and no "negotiated speed" entry. So I guess it could work, we would have to figure out which EFI Firmware Update introduced the throttle?
Any idea how to revert an EFI Firmware Update?
Otherwise big waste of talent of the SSD - guess there are hundreds of users out there who would like to know if downgrade helps

And I used this method:
1. Install Windows 8.1
2. Download BootCamp 5 and unzip to folder BootCamp5 of a USB drive
3. Start CMD as Administrator
4. Install BootCamp 5 by entering the following commands
D: (Assuming the USB drive is assigned to letter D
CD BootCamp5\BootCamp\Drivers\Apple
BootCamp.msi
No need for InstEd might be considered by some as even more elegant as bezodziu's method

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actionmarker wrote:
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sys/switch-A/slot-1/switch-fc/port-31   fabric/san/A/phys-slot-1-port-31        fc                                      enabled                                 4gbps
sys/switch-A/slot-1/switch-fc/port-32   fabric/san/A/phys-slot-1-port-32        fc                                      enabled                                 4gbps
sys/switch-B/slot-1/switch-fc/port-31   fabric/san/B/phys-slot-1-port-31        fc                                      enabled                                 4gbps
sys/switch-B/slot-1/switch-fc/port-32   fabric/san/B/phys-slot-1-port-32        fc                                      enabled                                 4gbps
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ClassId                   : FcPIo
Noun                      : UcsFiFcPort
Verb                      : Get
PipelineClassId           : {PortGroup}
LimitScopePipelineClassId : {}
MoMeta                    : Cisco.Ucs.UcsMoMeta
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ClassId         : FcPIo
XmlTag          : fcPIo
Rn              : port-[PortId]
MinVersion      : 1.0(1e)
Access          : InputOutput
ChildClassId    : {EquipmentXcvr, EventInst, FaultInst, FcErrStats...}
AccessPrivilege : {read-only}
PropertyMeta    : {AdminState, AdminTransport, ChassisId, Dn...}
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Restriction                      Name           XmlAttribute   Type            MinVersion    Access
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction AdminState     adminState     System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction AdminTransport adminTransport System.String   2.0(1m)     ReadOnly
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Dn             dn             System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Encap          encap          System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction EpDn           epDn           System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction IfRole         ifRole         System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction IfType         ifType         System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Lc             lc             System.String   2.0(1m)     ReadOnly
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Locale         locale         System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Mode           mode           System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Model          model          System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Name           name           System.String   1.0(1e)    ReadWrite
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction OperState      operState      System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction PeerChassisId peerChassisId System.String   1.4(1i)     ReadOnly
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction PeerSlotId     peerSlotId     System.UInt32   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction PortId         portId         System.UInt32   1.0(1e)       Naming
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction Type           type           System.String   1.0(1e)     ReadOnly
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Cisco.Ucs.UcsPropertyRestriction XcvrType       xcvrType       System.String   1.4(1i)     ReadOnly
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psssss wrote:
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