Q:
my HP is a G4 Pavillion the error says
ATA
ST9500325AS
5VEWVDCV
500GB
LBA48
SMART
SECTOR 512
yeah 3 years and failed drive. Unless HP BIOS and 8.1 jacked it up. Bios F.23 11/22/2012
I would expect it to match the connector,
Just after not seeing much on sata 2.6 and then finding it says something about the connector difference and an adapter.
I do not want to deal with anything more, just swap out and be done.
and feel seagate failed me on this one so other brand will suffice.
Otherwise I will pick another drive.