The Vertex 3 didn't really work if it's installed on an optibay or datadoubler?
He didn't say it didn't work, just that he couldn't get it to boot from that port. Perhaps he didn't set it as the startup disk?
Vertex 3 works fine in my DataDoubler but I only have 6/3, not 6/6. Went to my local Apple Store to see if they had any recently built 2.3GHz HiRes units but they were all built during weeks 8-10...
OK guys...I think I may have stumbled onto something...
Rather than give a full explanation, anyone experiencing problems PLEASE try this to help narrow down the issue, I have done this and seen results!
You must have a SATA III DRIVE (OBVIOUSLY) and an airport extreme to replicate my findings.
1)Benchmark your 6g drive with just the magsafe power adapter attatched (nothing else)
2)screen capture the results
3)plug in an ethernet cable from your airport extreme that is on!
4)re-benchmark the results
listen...I know it sounds crazy but the southbridge controls this stuff....I have benchmarked an OWC 6g 120 GB drive without the ethernet cable plugged in and gotten like 440-450 MB/SEC write speeds (read speeds were fine)
WITH IT PLUGGED IN I GOT 480-510 MB/SEC!!! NOT KIDDING GUYS!!!!!!
PLEASE JUST TRY IT....YOUVE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE....BUT IF IT HAPPENS TO YOU AS WELL...WE MIGHT BE ONTO SOMETHING!
PS...JUST PLUGGING IN AN ETHERNET CABLE ATTACHED TO NOTHING DIDNT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCES....IT HAD TO BE CONNECTED TO MY AIRPORT EXTREME ON ONE END AND MY MACBOOK PRO ON THE OTHER
So if your right do you suggest that we all drag around an airport to get an extra 50mb/sec?I hope you did more then one run of these tests and got an average for both situations.
Funny..... Yes...tested it many times (on my machine it is a consistent 40 mb/sec avg difference) it is just weird.... will be doing a capture with apple on tuesday with and without ethernet attatched and they will review what is going on.
ALSO....TRIED PLUGGING IT INTO AN AIRPORT EXPRESS...DID NOT WORK!!
WEIRD!!!!
listen...I know it sounds crazy but the southbridge controls this stuff....I have benchmarked an OWC 6g 120 GB drive without the ethernet cable plugged in and gotten like 440-450 MB/SEC write speeds (read speeds were fine)
WITH IT PLUGGED IN I GOT 480-510 MB/SEC!!! NOT KIDDING GUYS!!!!!!
I love seeing how some of you folks go bezerk over an additional port supporting 6gbps.
I'm just telling you panty bunchers to relax. Unless you got money to burn by getting 2 SATA3 SSD's, there's no real threat if you only have one 6Gbps port and one 3Gbps optibay port.
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Just took delivery of my 15" /2.2/anti-glare, and.........
3 Gigabit Link speed in the optidrive.
So, Quanta dipped into the old parts bin to build yours; seriously uncool. What's your build week?
Just took delivery of my 15" /2.2/anti-glare, and.........
3 Gigabit Link speed in the optidrive.
I am wondering how much this means to me. For now I am sticking a SATA 3 SSD in the main drive and popping the 7200 HD it came with into the optical drive. So non issue for now. Eventually though, I was/am going to put an SSD in the optical drive. SO that will have to be SATA II. THis will be for streaming large sample libraries and multitrack audio. I am thinking SATA II will suffice - but more is better. I also have the option of using a Thunderbolt drive eventually as an audio drive.
So I am thinking I will just keep it until it ever starts bothering me, and then I will trade up.
Please feel free to talk me into sending it back and trying to figure out how to get a 6/6....
First post here, BTW...
Just got my 2011 MBP
Anti-Glare 15inch Hi-Res Display
8GB Ram
750GB internal
Both of the SATA ports are 6G. One negotiated @ 3 and one @ 1.5, but both are indeed 6G ports.
Mac built between May 23rd and May 29th, according to CoconutID, even though today is the 20th lol...
Just took delivery of my 15" /2.2/anti-glare, and.........
3 Gigabit Link speed in the optidrive.
I am wondering how much this means to me. For now I am sticking a SATA 3 SSD in the main drive and popping the 7200 HD it came with into the optical drive. So non issue for now. Eventually though, I was/am going to put an SSD in the optical drive. SO that will have to be SATA II. THis will be for streaming large sample libraries and multitrack audio. I am thinking SATA II will suffice - but more is better. I also have the option of using a Thunderbolt drive eventually as an audio drive.
So I am thinking I will just keep it until it ever starts bothering me, and then I will trade up.
Please feel free to talk me into sending it back and trying to figure out how to get a 6/6....
First post here, BTW...
Where your logic fails is that you need the two ports to run 6GB connections if you want to utilize a SATA 3 drive (SSD) and a Traditional HDD that doesn't have a built in SMS. To use the system SMS in this situation to protect the HDD drive, the drive needs to be mounted in the HDD slot, the only one utilizing SATA3 currently. This causes your super fast new SSD to be throttled down and not worth the extra cost of the 6GB. Even though the HDD will not use the 6GB it will be in the only slot that can utilize it, so we lose the added benefit of 6GB and the extra storage space. If we could designate which slot gets the 6GB or which slot gets the SMS it wouldn't be as big of a deal.
Question is, does the SATA 3 drive WORK correctly in the HDD slot by itself?
Because if so, it means that Quanta didn't use old parts, they used fixed parts, but just not the "optimal". I can live with that. I just need the SSD to work in the main bay.