Finding out about devices

[Lisi Reisz]

On Thursday 07 May 2009 16:39:25 Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Thu, 07 May 2009 16:14:14 +0100
>
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
>    Have a look at what ? The motherboard? I guess you could Google
> that.

Yes, I think I was assuming that if Lynn knew which motherboard she has, she 
would already have looked it up (possibly in the motherboard manual).  But it 
is really easy just to open the case and have a look at the connections. 

Lisi