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September 2nd, 2017 07:00

How to tell if Aurora R3 has Sata 3 Port

I just installed a Samsung Evo 1TB SSD on my old Aurora R3.  The Samsung software says I have it on a slow Sata 2 port.  Does my computer have a Sata 3 port, how can I tell which bay might have it?

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September 2nd, 2017 09:00

Manual says 2 of the slots are Sata 3, but doesn't show which ones.  Guess I'll swap it and see.

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September 2nd, 2017 09:00

What does PDF Service Manual say?

 

Pretty sure that motherboard/chipset has SATA-3/600 ability, but on some of those early machines ... only the lowest number SATA ports (0 or 1 ?) are SATA-3, while the rest are SATA-2/300 .

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September 2nd, 2017 10:00

NOTE: Your computer supports up to two SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) hard drives.

There are 2 different PDF manuals:

When there are both types present, the fastest ones are always first, so, they are:

Item #12:  serial ATA drive connectors (SATA1_2)

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