Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.06.2013 23:28, schrieb Paul Smith: > I have now a new disk running on my machine > > Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF, SATA 6Gb/s) > SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) > > Why is not my disk with > > current: 3.0 Gb/s because it is most liekly con

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Damon Cassell
FWIW the command "lshw" will also show motherboard make/model and a whole lot of other very verbose information about system hardware. It describes my motherboard this way: description: Motherboard product: GA-MA770-UD3 vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. lshw is not a stan

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Digimer 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 SA

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Digimer
On 06/23/2013 05:50 PM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Digimer 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 SATA

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Matysek
No matters, hows capable or which port/controller is used, because mechanical sata hdds will never fill limits of sata2 capacity. Sata3 ports are most commonly used for fast SSD. On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/24/13 05:28, Paul Smith wrote: >> I have now a new

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Digimer
On 06/23/2013 05:39 PM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: I have now a new disk running on my machine Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF, SATA 6Gb/s) SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Why is not my disk with current:

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I have now a new disk running on my machine >> >> Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF, SATA 6Gb/s) >> SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) >> >> Why is not my disk with >> >> current: 3.0 Gb/s >> >> Any ideas

Re: SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/24/13 05:28, Paul Smith wrote: > I have now a new disk running on my machine > > Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF, SATA 6Gb/s) > SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) > > Why is not my disk with > > current: 3.0 Gb/s > > Any ideas? Is the SATA controller

SATA 6Gb/s but current 3.0 Gb/s

2013-06-23 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have now a new disk running on my machine Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Green (AF, SATA 6Gb/s) SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Why is not my disk with current: 3.0 Gb/s ? Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lists.fe