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Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect?

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect?
Date 2013-10-08 03:31 -0400
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Message-ID <081020130331468231%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References <0bqdnfeeuOpXis7PnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@giganews.com> <081020131927479567%YourName@YourISP.com>

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In article <081020131927479567%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> > Delving into the system nitties and gritties, the System information for 
> > the hard disk shows ( see "<--")
> > 
> > Note that the HD is the ST1000DM003 (Seagate) which has a 6 GB/s SATA 
> > specification.
> > 
> > So why is the Negotiated Link Speed at 3 instead of 6 GB/s?
> 
> I think the system inforamtion application is a bit buggy.

nothing significant.

> On my PowerMac the "Apple System profiler" application says:
> 
>     Machine speed :  267MHz
>     Bus speed     :  67MHz
> 
> in reality that's 1MHz more than it officially should be and what
> appears in the "About This Mac" window or similar system information
> applications under Mac OS 9.

it's actually 266.666... mhz, which rounds up to 267, but 266 sounds
better for marketing it and the difference does not make a difference
that anyone would notice.

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Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-07 16:21 -0400
  Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-07 17:11 -0400
    Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-07 17:28 -0400
      Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-07 17:43 -0400
        Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-07 17:55 -0400
  Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-08 19:27 +1300
    Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-08 03:31 -0400
      Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-10-08 18:32 +0200
    Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-08 16:25 -0400
  Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2013-10-08 12:45 +0200
    Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-09 09:07 +1300
  Re: Late 2012 iMac - HD / SATA speed incorrect? - [solved] Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-08 16:27 -0400

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