On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Digimer <lists(a)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?
'dmidecode | less' should tell you. The mainboard make/model is usually one
of the first sections returned.
Thanks again! My motherborad is the following:
http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/dell-0n826n-specs/
So, apparently, it does not support SATA 6.0 Gb/s, but only SATA 3.0 Gb/s.
Paul