SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

[Digimer]

On 06/23/2013 05:50 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>>> Thanks to both for your replies. I am not sure whether my motherborad
>>> is capable of SATA 6.0 Gb/s. How can I determine that?
>>
>> It will say in your mainboard's manual. Often time, on two ports will be
>> SATA3 and the bulk will be SATA2. In my experience, usually the SATA2 are
>> black headers and SATA3 are blue, but that is certainly not a standard.
>> Again, you manual or mainboard's quick reference guide will tell you.
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. Is there some way of determining the model of
> my motherboard by software?
>
> Paul
>

'dmidecode | less' should tell you. The mainboard make/model is usually 
one of the first sections returned.

Please keep replies on-list. It benefits everyone that way.

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