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Ricky I'm Linus and on today's episode of one minute or less we're going to tell you everything you need to know about the third-generation serial ATA interface also known as SATA 3 SATA 3 is not technically the correct name for a third-generation SATA drive this can cause some confusion especially because the second-generation interface operated at 3 gigabit per second so to say 2/3 refer to the data rate or the generation most people think of it in terms of the generation so if you use it that way people will generally know what you're talking about determining if your storage device supports SATA 3 is easy all you got to do is check for a large SATA 3 label on the box check the manufacturers website or in the cases of things like motherboards you can look for the little label on the PCB itself finally if you're having trouble with that or if you have a laptop where you can't see it clearly you can download HW info 32 for free and find out what speed your SATA ports are running at installing SATA 3 devices is simple all you got to do is power down your computer plug the power and the serial ata data cable into the drive and the pc itself and you're ready to go you don't even need to worry too much about what generation of SATA device you have because if they're not all SATA 3 it might be a little bit slower but the standards are forwards and backwards compatible so the devices will work together thanks for checking out this episode of one minute or less we'd love for you to share these videos with anyone you can think of who would benefit from the information including embedding it in your website don't forget to subscribe to tech quickie for more videos like this and please like the video by clicking the little button below it helps us out a lot last but not least you can use the forum link in the video description to submit any ideas that you have for upcoming one minute or less episodes