How to find SATA supports 1.5 or 3.0 Gbps? Thinkpad T61p

jeffk · l33t Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 671

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p, and I want to learn whether the primary SATA controller for the hard drive bay supports 3.0 GBps mode. The smartbay hard drive tray for the DVD slot is clearly marked as 1.5Gbps.

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

- There's not yet a controller made by intel that support sata2 (funny no? I might be wrong, but i think they will release one on next chipset release, until then, they won't made one)
Intel generation can be guess from numbers (more or less), latest is ICH10 and yours show a ICH8, so you can guess 2 generations old (and if it's not that, you won't be far)

So you don't have sata2, but no worry most (all?) sata2 drives have a jumper to keep compatibility

drescherjm · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:42 pm Post subject:

ICH9 and ICH10 support SATA2.
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

hmm, yes right, replace anything i said with sata3

Sorry jeffk, my mind fly away sometimes.

Manko10 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Aug 2010 Posts: 105

ICH8M(-E) is SATA 3.0Gbit/s (SATA-II).
By the way SATA 3.0Gbit/s hard drives also run well with SATA 1.5Gbit/s controllers out of the box, no need for jumpers.
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jeffk · l33t Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 671

chithanh · Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:35 pm Post subject:

Often SATA 3 Gbit/s is disabled by the manufacturer to save power.