Intel HM55, is it always SATA II?

[damian5000]

I'm trying to decide between SSD and HDD. Device manager shows I have Intel HM55 (Asus K42 laptop).

Is there any situation where a laptop with Intel HM55 would have a SATA I controller? If so, how else to determine what SATA revision I have?

 

[chris987]

Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset the chipset is sata II (3gb/s) capable. here is a free software to verify it. http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php i would defenately go with the ssd option! your system will greatly benefit!

 

[damian5000]

Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset the chipset is sata II (3gb/s) capable. here is a free software to verify it. http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php i would defenately go with the ssd option! your system will greatly benefit!

Okay, so there's never a situation where a laptop with HM55 would have an SATA I controller. Is that right?

 

[chris987]

Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset the chipset is sata II (3gb/s) capable. here is a free software to verify it. http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php i would defenately go with the ssd option! your system will greatly benefit!

Okay, so there's never a situation where a laptop with HM55 would have an SATA I controller. Is that right?

i cant see a reason why! i used to have sata I with my 2003 pentium 4 system.!
Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset Launch Date Q1'10

 

[damian5000]

Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset the chipset is sata II (3gb/s) capable. here is a free software to verify it. http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php i would defenately go with the ssd option! your system will greatly benefit!

Okay, so there's never a situation where a laptop with HM55 would have an SATA I controller. Is that right?

i cant see a reason why! i used to have sata I with my 2003 pentium 4 system.!
Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset Launch Date Q1'10

Yes, but your system was from 2004. I fail to see what that has to do with HM55.

Regardless, so how the heck do I determine if I've got SATA I or SATA II. This is crazy. What kind of %&#@ developed a system where its impossible to tell what interface is being used...?

Unless all HM55 laptops are SATA II without exception...?