I have two laptops with a wd2500bevs harddrive in each. The dash on one is -08VAT2 and the other is -60UST0. Both are starting to go bad with soft sectors. I have tried finding the specs for these drives so I can replace them but have had no luck. My understanding is these are both SATA-I drives, b…

Hi yes those controllers should auto set to sata 1 speed it is really older via chipsets that wont. So now your choice the blue or black drive.