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I have recently cloned my old HDD of my laptop to a new Kingston HyperX Savage. But it only shows half the speeds it should get. I followed the tips from this thread:

How can I determine the SATA controller version on Windows?

and found out that the SSD is currently running in SATA 2 mode but both my motherboard controller and the disk, of course, supports SATA 3. Can I just switch modes? Or how do fix this issue? Reinstall Windows 10 (I upgraded from Windows 8.1 which in turn was upgraded from Win7)?

Sascha K.
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    Note that most boards have more than one IO controller so some ports may be sata 3Gb/s and others may be Sata 6Gb/s. Consult your motherboard manual to confirm which sata ports you should connect to. – Frank Thomas Mar 09 '17 at 20:04
  • Perhaps providing the exact model of your motherboard will help in identifying the issue. – Alex Ljamin Mar 10 '17 at 01:23

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It is actually far simpler than reinstalling Windows and such.

Connect the Kingston HyperX Savage to a SATA3 connector on your motherboard. Refer to its instruction manual to find out which one is SATA3. (It may have a mix of SATA2 and SATA3 connectors.)

  • there's [no difference](https://superuser.com/a/412158/685512) between SATA3 cables and SATA2 cables. the motherboard connectors could differ -- some controllers only provide SATA3 on specific ports. – quixotic Mar 09 '17 at 19:55