ECS Enables Intel X79 SAS Ports on X79R-AX Motherboard

Legit Reviews learned you can enable Intel X79 SAS Ports on ECS' X79R-AX motherboard, you can read about it over here.

The ECS X79R-AX Black Extreme is an Intel X79 chipset powered motherboard that comes with the ability to enable the Intel Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ports. By doing this you get the ability to run four more SATA or SAS devices off the Intel X79 chipset, but does it work and how? Read on to find out as we recently sat down with both companies to figure out what the heck it going on!

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How to Check the Speed of Netbook USB Ports

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Universal serial bus (USB) ports are a convenient form of host controllers available for desktop and netbook computers. Previous versions of such ports supported data transfer rates of up to 12 Mbps under version 1.1. USB 2.0, however, supports a much higher maximum transfer rate, approximately 480 Mbps. While USB ports do not label their speed version, you can find this information using Windows 7's main device settings.

1). Go to the Start Menu and click the "Computer" icon to open a new Windows Explorer session.

2). Click "System Properties" from the top of the window. Click the "Device Manager" link from the left-side menu options.

3). Expand the "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" section. Look for the word "Enhanced" among the list of USB controller descriptions. While the difference between version 1.1 and 2.0 is not obvious, the keyword "Enhanced" signifies the availability of USB 2.0. If no such description is found, your computer possesses USB 1.1.