in ThinkPad: P and W Series Mobile Workstations https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-P-and-W-Series-Mobile-Workstations/W500-SSD-upgrade-SATA-II-compatible/m-p/446317 ThinkPad: P and W Series Mobile Workstations topics Mon, 30 May 2011 19:25:16 +0000 tp07_en <![CDATA[ ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/446317 Hi all,

 

it's time for me to upgrade the drive in my W500 - originally purchased with the (v. expensive) 120Gb SSD option, now benchmarking poorly against newer drives.  My thoughts on options are:

 

1. replace with fastest drive allowable (maybe Vertex 2 SATA II??) and u ]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 19:25:16 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/446317 deldridg <![CDATA[ Re: W500 + SSD upgrade: SATA II compatible?? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/448467 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:22 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/448467 ColonelONeill <![CDATA[ Re: W500 + SSD upgrade: SATA II compatible?? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/448577
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Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:29:26 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/448577 lead_org
<![CDATA[ Re: W500 + SSD upgrade: SATA II compatible?? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/451811 Many thanks for your responses.  In the meantime I have purchased Vertex 2 Sata II drive and the installation has gone perfectly.  This new drive is giving me a far better experience - first noticed in the speed of installing my software: Office, VS2010, SQL 2008R2 etc.  Blindingly fast!

 < ]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:20:28 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/451811 deldridg <![CDATA[ Re: W500 + SSD upgrade: SATA II compatible?? ]]> https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/2154535
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What's that all about? Some Big/Little Endian nonsense or...?


> "...the Sandforce controller will not degrade as the original one did.  The difference in performance from new to 18 months of use was quite significant!"

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Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:41:18 +0000 https://forums.lenovo.com/topic/findpost/1306/446317/2154535 SaganAndroid