Modern hard disk drives use a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA interface to attach to a computer motherboard. SATA drives come in speeds of 1.5 gigabits per second, 3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps.

Adding more hard drives directly to your computer's internal SATA connections adds storage and optimizes the speed with which your computer can read and write to the new drive. This added space and ...

I ran across this article the other day, and since I’m a DIY geek, it totally caught my interest: ExtremeTech’s guide to building your own switching mechanism for your SATA hard drives. On paper, it ...

Second Generation Serial ATA (SATA II) hard drives are not detected when connected to a VIA or SIS Serial ATA controller. These First Generation Serial ATA (SATA I) controllers include the following ...

I've now had two different motherboards, one of which says it is supported (DB43LD) not see any hard drives during Windows 7 x64 install.<BR><BR>I have SATA set to AHCI and would rather not have to ...