3 Gigibit Neg Link Speed Early MBP in Optibay

[8CoreWhore]

==== EDIT === As SPINK10 notes below, the 3 Gigibit speed IS the slower speed, so disregard. : )


Hey all...

I was under the impression that the optical bay SATA was limited to 1.5 Gigibit negotiated link speed in the early 2011 MacBook Pro's (mine is a 13"), as well as possibly other 2011's.

I just put a Crucial M4 in there and now System Info is showing 3 Gigibit negotiated link speed.

Maybe I've been looking at the wrong threads, but I have not expected this at all and am pleasantly surprised.

So I post this here for FYI for whomever it may help and for general interest.

 

[Spink10]

Depends upon when in 2011 it was produced - what is the read/write speeds?

 

[8CoreWhore]

Purchase Date: 2/28/2011

Did I just get lucky?

Xbench has running for ten minutes... still on Thread Test... should it take this long?

EDIT --

Ok, I just cancelled Xbench, restarted it with just the Disk test. I know the M4 is not the fasted, but are these speeds normal for this setup?

 

[Spink10]

3 Gigabit is sata II speeds - 6 Gigabit is sata III

 

[8CoreWhore]

3 Gigabit is sata II speeds - 6 Gigabit is sata III

Oh, that's right. Duh. I was thrown by seeing the negotiated link speed jump from 1.5Gigibit to 3 Gigibit.

I wonder how much this is crippling the M4?

I have a new HDD cable on order for the original position, will put the drive in there when I get it.

Then I'll put the OEM drive in the Optibay.

 

[Ploki]

only 2011 suffered from limited optical bay SATA speed?

 

[8CoreWhore]

only 2011 suffered from limited optical bay SATA speed?

That's my impression, but don't quote me.

 

[Spink10]

That's my impression, but don't quote me.

Well most were 1.5 - your is 3.0 - may run normal sata II speeds.

 

[8CoreWhore]

When my DVD drive was in there, that SATA bus showed 1.5 Gbps negotiated link speed.

Reading through forums about that, I don't recall people saying it would change with a HDD.

That's why I'm surprised to see that.

 

[davidlv]

Purchase Date: 2/28/2011
Did I just get lucky?
Xbench has running for ten minutes... still on Thread Test... should it take this long?
EDIT --
Ok, I just cancelled Xbench, restarted it with just the Disk test. I know the M4 is not the fasted, but are these speeds normal for this setup?

Your xbench results seem good for a SATA II interface, should get better if you use the HD bay SATA III interface. Here are my SATA III results with n Intel 335 SSD in the HD bay.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Thanks, David.

The experience is so great now, amazing to think it will get better.