I'm Linus and on today's episode of 1 minute or less we're going to tell you
everything you need to know about the third generation Serial ATA interface
also known as SATA 3 SATA 3 is not
technically the correct name for a third generation SATA drive this can cause
some confusion especially because the second generation interface operated at
3 gabit per second so does SATA 3 refer to the data rate or the generation most
people think of it in terms of the generation so if you use it that way
people will generally know what you're talking about determining if your
storage device supports SATA 3 is easy all you got to do is check for a large
SATA 3 label on the box check the manufacturer website or in the cases of
things like motherboards you can look for the little label on the PCB itself
finally if you're having trouble with that or if you have a laptop where you can't see it clearly you can download
hwi info 32 for free and find out what
speed your SATA ports are running at installing SATA 3 devices is simple all
you got to do is power down your computer plug the power and the Serial
ATA data cable into the drive and the PC itself and you're ready to go you don't
even need to worry too much about what generation of SATA device you have
because if they're not all SATA 3 it might be a little bit slower but the
standards are forwards and backwards compatible so the devices will work
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