Can you widen the split between the USB and eSATA ends if your ports are far apart?
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In my opinion you can not because of the connection point which is about 1.5 inches from the end points. Now if you want to gamble; you can possible split the junction point, but that will probbaly expose the interior wires.
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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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you may want to check and make sure your computer has usb3 support? mine doesn't have usb3 so esata can transfer faster.
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You could connect it to the SATA port on a mainboard with an adapter cable, but I don't know what kind of thru put you would get.SATA to eSATA Cable
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You have to run a data from the motherboard internally, converting it to an external esata port
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The USB connection isn't very long, it's around a meter or so, but you could probably be able to buy a longer one to suit your needs.
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I believe so, yes. You need the correct port on your computer too (esata) but I had no problems connecting the hard drive. You'll also need some sort of power supply for the hard drive. I had one from a sata to usb kit.
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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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If you had a USB hub, you could probably connect multiple units. They would all be limited to the length of the cable from that hub. Not sure how it would perform in terms of interference.
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Mine has only a USB 3.0 jack. I'm not familiar with "eSATA"; I assumed it referred to the internal SATA interface where the drive itself plugs into the case.
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yes; but USB connection is slower than regular hard drive. However, if you use eSATA connection, it's speed is just like your internal drive.
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Not sure. Seems like that would work but I've had experience with other USB extensions that can't handle large peripheries like external hard drives.
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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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Yes. The USB 3.0 cable has two ports on it. One port is for USB 3.0. The other is for power for the eSata port. The eSata cable as i said is included. Two know the difference between the two cable ports; one is black (USB 3.0 [backwords compatible with USB2.0]) the other port is white. the black cable port is able to be used on both sides of the cord.
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Unfortunately this is designed to work with esata external drives not usb external drives.
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It has 2 separate connectors for USB 2.0/3.0 and separate ports, so it would be simultaneous. Don't buy this though, its junk, it stopped working and now is a $30 spacer in my desktop.
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You will need Qty 2 USB ports, an audio port, a 1394 com port,( if you need it), A four pin connector from your power supply. Also, you can plug the esata connector into a sata port if you do not have esata port. I hope this helps.