lorenzop.88 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hello everyone. I purchased the iMac 21.5" i5 2.9GHz, Late 2013. I need your help about the Hard Disk. I saw that going on "About This Mac" -> "System Report" -> "Hardware" -> "SATA / SATA Express", it says: Intel 8 Series Chipset: Vendor: Intel Product: 8 Series Chipset Link Speed: 6 Gigabit Negotiated link speed: 3 Gigabit Physical interconnect: SATA Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662: Capacity: 1 TB (1.000.204.886.016 byte) Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 Revision: JA0AB5D0 Serial number: ********* Native Command Queuing: Yes Queue Depth: 32 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Rotational Rate: 5400 Medium Type: Rotational Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T status: Verified My question: Is possible that this iMac use a SATA 2 Hard Disk? Negotiated link speed: 3 Gigabit? Is there a configuration error? I did some research about this Hard Disk HTS541010A9E662 and should be a SATA 3, 6 Gigabit. I hope there is some error. Do you think that is normal or should I contact Apple Support? Thanks. iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300863-imac-29ghz-late-2013-negotiated-link-speed-3-gigabit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiethemorris Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 You have a SATA 2 drive. It doesn't matter though. A 5400 RPM drive won't need the 6 GB/s speeds anyway, it will never be fast enough to saturate that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300863-imac-29ghz-late-2013-negotiated-link-speed-3-gigabit/#findComment-2060505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Buy a Ssd drive and get the right speed !! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300863-imac-29ghz-late-2013-negotiated-link-speed-3-gigabit/#findComment-2060698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzop.88 Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 So if I buy a SATA3 5400 rpm Hard Drive? Does not change anything? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/300863-imac-29ghz-late-2013-negotiated-link-speed-3-gigabit/#findComment-2060735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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