diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 95d8dcc..8314c51 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.3.12
-####  Date: February 5 2010
+####  version: 1.3.13
+####  Date: February 6 2010
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -2579,6 +2579,7 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 	local sd_ls_by_id='' ls_disk_by_id=''
 
 	## check for all ide type drives, non libata, only do it if hdx is in array
+	## this is now being updated for new /sys type paths, this may handle that ok too
 	if [[ -n $( egrep 'hd[a-z]' <<< ${A_HDD_DATA[@]} ) ]];then
 		# remember, we're using the last array item to store the total size of disks
 		for (( i=0; i < ${#A_HDD_DATA[@]} - 1; i++ ))
@@ -2650,7 +2651,11 @@ get_hard_drive_data_advanced()
 				IFS=","
 				a_temp_working=( ${A_HDD_DATA[$i]} )
 				IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
-				if [[ ${#a_temp_scsi[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
+				# /sys/block/[sda,hda]/device/model
+				# this is handles the new /sys data types first
+				if [[ -e /sys/block/${a_temp_working[0]}/device/model ]];then
+					a_temp_working[2]="$( remove_erroneous_chars /sys/block/${a_temp_working[0]}/device/model )"
+				elif [[ ${#a_temp_scsi[@]} -gt 0 ]];then
 					for (( j=0; j < ${#a_temp_scsi[@]}; j++ ))
 					do
 						## ok, ok, it's incomprehensible, search /dev/disk/by-id for a line that contains the