On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Digimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org