SATA Identification

laflaone
laflaone Member Posts: 3 New User
in Servers & Storage
I have an Acer IPIMB-AR motherboard in my Gateway DX4870 PC.  It has 6 SATA ports, one blue, 5 black.  I read somewhere that the board has 2 SATAIII, and 4 SATAII.  The blue is
numbered SATA0, the blacks SATA1-5.  Which two are the SATAIII?

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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,234 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓
    Spec says:
    Serial ATA controller
    • SATA * 6 (different color to identify SATAIII 6Gb/s and SATAII 3Gb/s).
    • 1 * SATAIII 6 Gb/s and 5 * SATAII 3Gb/s .
    • HDD : AHCI/Native IDE is required.
    • ODD: Support BD/SuperMulti/DVD ROM
    So make sure your boot/system disk is on the blue port and everything else on the others.
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  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,234 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓
    Spec says:
    Serial ATA controller
    • SATA * 6 (different color to identify SATAIII 6Gb/s and SATAII 3Gb/s).
    • 1 * SATAIII 6 Gb/s and 5 * SATAII 3Gb/s .
    • HDD : AHCI/Native IDE is required.
    • ODD: Support BD/SuperMulti/DVD ROM
    So make sure your boot/system disk is on the blue port and everything else on the others.
    Click on "Like" if you find my answer useful or click on "Yes" if it answers your question.
  • laflaone
    laflaone Member Posts: 3 New User
    Thanks billsey.  I suspected it was 5 and 1 because of the colors.

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