Question 1

Does the SSD come with its own SATA cable included?

Accepted Answer

Daniel S,

No, it did not. It wasn't a concern since I used it in my laptop.
Sorry.
If you're going to use it in a desktop computer, I would recommend getting an adapter for the drive.

Hope this helps. Good luck

CG.

Question 2

I bought this to replace my PS3 hdd. Well. I can't even format the drive to use with the PS3 nor can I get it to be recognized in Windows to even attempt a format. Do I have a faulty drive?

Accepted Answer

Insure all connections (power and SATA) are properly seated at both ends and that your BIOS is configured properly (ie; enabling the SATA interface on your MBoard that you are actually connected to). Then power the system up and re-enter the BIOS to determine if it sees anything at all on that specific SATA interface. If it does, then your problem is most likely that the drive isn't formatted and partitioned properly for your OS. If the BIOS still reports no drive, power down and install the drive in place of your current SATA boot drive and check again. If BIOS still sees no drive, then RMA the drive as defective. If BIOS sees the drive in this new position (primary SATA interface you were previously booting from) but not the 2nd, 3rd or 4rth SATA interfaces, then you may have a problem power supply or motherboard.

Question 3

What is the height of this SSD? 7mm or 9mm?

Accepted Answer

I've already installed it but I'm pretty sure it's 7mm - look on the manufacturer's site - it says 7mm there

Question 4

Is this the fixed SSD model 1.2 or the old 1.0?

Accepted Answer

Although I am not familiar with those model numbers, I can tell you this is a new design, a revision/improvement over the first and second generation of the hybrid drive.  I have both the first and second generation momentus XT drives in laptops, this outperforms both, easily.

Question 5

Will this work with a Macbook 13.3, late 2009 2ghz core 2 duo5,2 with a 120gb sata hard drive?

Accepted Answer

As long as your MacBook uses SATA interface, it will

Question 6

What does random read/write mean?

Accepted Answer

Just what it sounds like. What it means is that you're writing random files of ~4 KB in size in a constant stream where the SSD needs to manage write locations and directing data traffic. IOPS (input-outputs per second) are directly related to this, but not 100% identical.

Question 7

I have got ACER Aspire 5745G laptop supports SATA3
I wonder if i can use this product with maximum write speed with my computer? I heard there could be incompabilites between some SATA controllers in ssd's. Thank you.

Accepted Answer

There should be no problems with this pairing. at least I don't see why. The Acer laptop is pretty standard across the board.

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