Can this be powered from an eSATAp (Powered eSATA) port? If so, the "Y" cable required to do that doesn't seem to be included; where can I get it? Addendum: I spoke with this VAR (they don't manufacture it, and Orico sells a virtually identical...
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I have tested the Hard Disk with eSATA cable and I can confirm to you that the eSATA cable can be used only for Data transfer and will not power the hard disk. It is necessary to power the hard disk via USB cable. Please note that if both cable (eSATA and USB) are connected at the same time, only the eSATA cable will be recognized and interact with the drive, the USB connection in this case will only be used for power. Regards Marcos Silva - Rio de janeiro - Brasil
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No. The eSata port on the MiniPro cannot be daisy chained but must be connected to an eSata port on the computer. If this is a desktop you may have the ability to buy and add an internal eSata card to give you a number of externally available eSata ports. My laptop has an eSata port. It is eSata 2 however and is not as fast as eSata 3. It is faster than the USB 2 ports on the laptop. With the desktop I use a USB 3 hub (running out of power strip outlets).
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You don't need an AC adapter. Just plug it into your computer via USB and it should work. Not that you still need USB power if you're going to use eSATA.
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I am pretty sure this is a female USB to male esata. Check the picture at the new egg website. Maybe some people don't know the difference between "male" and "female". In other words you will need a female esata cable that will go around the center piece in the port, to connect one end and then the male USB port on the other end
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You can buy from Apricorn, $10 plus tax & shipping. You can also use a Y splitter USB cable. I had an older one for their EZ GigII that I had forgotten I had bought, so ordered the Y cable--which can also be used for other devices. So I have both, and ended up using the power supply. My problem is that I have a Dell laptop, and Apricorn software did not do an exact clone, leaving out the Dell partition, thus the resultant drive would not boot, missing the boot sector. Ended up using EaseUS, after trying WD Acronis and Partition Wizard, without success. So the Apricorn ended up just being an expensive enclosure.
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No, the drive is not shipped with an eSATA cable. The cable needs to be purchased separetly and is available from Amazon.com. However, the drive does work extremely well using the eSATA interface and is MUCH faster than the USB 2.0 interface.
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Dear customer, thank you very much for contacting ORICO customer care team.The 6518SUS3 supports both USB3.0 and eSATA.It can work solely with eSATA.Any other doubts please feel free to contact us.
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One connector of the 2-connector Y-design only transports power not data. As a matter of fact I'm not aware of a cable that allows you to do that.
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Yes, the special design of eSATA cable. It can be hooked on between DS and DX513 and prevent connection lost...
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No eSATA cable... I thought an eSATA card came with it. Guess I'll have to find one.
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It does support enclosures with port multipliers. However, it only supports 1 port multiplier. I have a http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YFHEAC/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 connected to it and it works fine. However, if I connect a second one, it doesn't see the second one. You can connect a single eSATA drive to the second port as long as it doesn't have a port multiplier. So, the short answer is that you can only connect one device with a port multiplier.
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Maybe? I am using a laptop that has powered eSata port, and I'm using an eSatap cable that I got from Amazon, separate from the enclosure. Sounds like you have a similar setup. otherwise you will probably have to power the device from USB, but be connected to eSata first and perhaps the connection will be established on eSata. This is how some other enclosures function.
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Yes. It comes with power supply, USB 3.0 cable and eSata cable. I don't believe it had a usb 2.0 cable but I have plenty of those.
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I am using it just for that. I have the eSATA side connected to the exterior eSATA port in the back to an internal SATA HD inside the case. THe SATA HD is powered by the SATA Power connector.
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Apparently it is powered exclusively from the USB port itself, not too certain on wattage however. There is a s/pdif out and in, and a 3.5mm line in (I use a red/white composite cable converter to play any console games). I believe the software that runs it is strictly PC, but I have no certainty that it will function in this manner.
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The eSata port is only for power. The supplied USB 3 Cord is also backward compatible with USB 2 and USB 1. This peripheral was found to be a very good investment.
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Power source is not USB. Comes with 12 VDC power adapter. Has two different data interfaces: USB 2.0 or eSATA. Use either one at a time, but not both. I have found the USB interface to be more reliable, although a bit slower, but not by much.