Intel SSD series 520 180Gb 6.0 Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s compatible

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

I have a ASUS Ess PC Netbook with a 160Gb 5400 RPM HD. I just bought the Intel 180Gb SSD described above. The ASUS Tech support sent me the following:If the SSD is SATA2 it will work, if it is SATA3, It will not work. Do I stop or can it work?? I have cloned the drive with Intel's Software Migration program with the SSD in an external enclosure. Before I disassemble the netbook I was hoping to get sone guidance.
Thank you

jemm · Mar 25, 2013

I think it should work, but at 3.0Gb/s.

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2013

I am using a 6gigabit SSD in my media center with its 3gigabit ports(H55 board) and it works fine. IT does run at 3gigabit, but is a MASSIVE improvement over the HDD it replaced.

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

jemm :

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2013

rpstone :

Unless Asus had a known problem with 6gigabit drives, yes it should work fine.

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

IS SATA2 also called 3.0 Gb/s and SATA3 called 6.0GB/s??
They said that the netbook would not recognize the drive ifit is SATA3, that did not make sense to me unless it is a BIOS issue??

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2013

Yes

SATA 1.5gigabit/sec is SATA(sometimes called SATAI)
SATA 3.0gigabit/sec is SATAII
SATA 6.0gigabit/sec is SATAIII

I would have to be a bios/controller issue. I know for a fact my old K8V SE board will NOT see SATAII drives at all unless the drives software(edit the firmware a bit) or jumper setting is set to SATA or 1.5gigabit.

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

Just for Kicks, I kept the SSD in the external enclosure and went into the Setup of my ASUS Netbook. I Changed the Boot Device Priority as Follows:
1. 1st Boot Device: [Removable Dev]
2. 2nd Boot Device: [ATAPI-CD-ROM]
3. 3rd Boot Device: [HDD

M-ST9160310AS]
The ASUS booted normally, did not go to the changed Boot Device.
I tried this several times with the same results.

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2013

Not all systems boot well off of USB.

You will only be 100% sure once the drive is installed inside the notebook.

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

nukemaster :

rpstone · Mar 25, 2013

nukemaster :

I will try tomorrow and report back. Thank you for your support.

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2013

I am interested to hear how it goes. I have only ever seen issues with the very old boards as well as some Nvidia chipsets.

rpstone · Mar 26, 2013

nukemaster :

Had a couple of meetings earlier today but just finshed the install.
It worked as hoped, very snappy compared to the Old 160Gb 5400 RPS Seagate HD. The hardest part was to dissassmble the ASUS Netbook. There were more screws and tabs than I expected. Just had to go slow and be mindful of all connections.
Well worth the effort and expense. New life for the next couple of years.

jemm · Mar 26, 2013

Good it worked for you!

nukemaster · Mar 26, 2013

Take that Asus tech support.

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