SATA 3 6.0Gbps - Everything You Need to Know in About 2 Minutes
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·2013-05-07
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I'm Linus and on today's episode of 1 minute or less we're going to tell you
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everything you need to know about the third generation Serial ATA interface
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also known as SATA 3 SATA 3 is not
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technically the correct name for a third generation SATA drive this can cause
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some confusion especially because the second generation interface operated at
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3 gabit per second so does SATA 3 refer to the data rate or the generation most
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people think of it in terms of the generation so if you use it that way
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people will generally know what you're talking about determining if your
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storage device supports SATA 3 is easy all you got to do is check for a large
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SATA 3 label on the box check the manufacturer website or in the cases of
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things like motherboards you can look for the little label on the PCB itself
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finally if you're having trouble with that or if you have a laptop where you can't see it clearly you can download
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hwi info 32 for free and find out what
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speed your SATA ports are running at installing SATA 3 devices is simple all
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you got to do is power down your computer plug the power and the Serial
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ATA data cable into the drive and the PC itself and you're ready to go you don't
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even need to worry too much about what generation of SATA device you have
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because if they're not all SATA 3 it might be a little bit slower but the
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standards are forwards and backwards compatible so the devices will work
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