Finding out about devices

[Lisi Reisz]

On Thursday 07 May 2009 15:49:15 Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Thu, 07 May 2009 09:38:47 -0500
>
> Lynn Ziegler <yadaoser at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have an old (3 years old) machine I use for a file server.
> > Unfortunately, it is also old enough that it has a small amount of
> > disk space. I would like to increase that disk space by adding
> > another internal hard drive. The problem is that I don't know
> > whether it is able to support serial ATA (which most of the hard
> > drives sold now seem to be).
> >
> > How can I find out what my hard disk controller can support?
>
>   Do a Google search on the drive name/type in the machine now?

Some motherboards support both, so this would prove nothing.

The easiest and most reliable method is open up the case and have a look.

Lisi