Does this card's eSATA port support Port Multiplier? Can I use this card with StarTech 4 Bay eSATA USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station?
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I use it with the single-bay StarTech dock, so I don't see why it wouldn't work with the 4-bay ST unit. Just be aware the 4-bay dock doesn't have any active cooling for the drives, so they will get HOT during transfers. Before I had the 1-bay ST dock (that has a built-in fan), I rigged up a 120mm case fan to a cannibalized 12V AC brick to blow air on a HDD to keep it as cool as possible during operation.
1529160
I use the SD-PEX40049 controller (chipset ASM1062) with two Addonics HDD enclosures, one on each port. Each enclosure has 4 drives and a Sil3132 based port multiplier. Works great for me.NB: I've had problems with a different controller which uses the Marvell 88SE9128 chipset. So YMMV depending on which chipset you have.
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It is probable that the eSata must use the onboard SATA port only. Meaning, it is only a through port for the SATA on your motherboard. Try connecting a SATA cable from the motherboard to the SATA connector on the top of the card.
1234776
the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card
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No additional power to the card is needed as both esata and sata drives have separate power connectors. This is not a USB card.
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A port multiplier is only required if you're using e-SATA instead of USB 3.0. Some e-SATA cards do not support port multiplying, which will cause only a single disk to be viewable on your system. Pay special attention to the specs on e-SATA cards to ensure that they support port multiplication. You need not worry about this at all if you will be connecting the device via USB 3.0.
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From the enclosure's official website:http://oyendigital.com/hard-drives/store/EN3-M.html"This model is capable of powering from an eSATAp port using a single cable connection (requires eSATA + DC power cable)."The cables included with this product are:1x USB 3.0 cable1x power to USB Y-cable1x eSATA cableYou will have to purchase the eSATAp cable separately, however.eSATA to eSATA + DC Input Power Cable
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I believe all 4 ports work at once. The reason I say that is: My card always tries to enumerate all 4, and, because only the 2 eSATA are in use, I get a 30 second delay every boot.
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There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
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If it was not an eSATA port I'd say yes definitely but for eSATA I believe there will be no problem but I'm not 100% positive.
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The is the exact setup that I have. My desktop is connected via an esata port and my laptop via usb 3.0. Both are plugged into the box. All you have to do is use the interface button on the upper right of the ProBox to select which interface you want. Really simple as far as that goes. However, what is critical for the esata connection is that your sata chip supports the correct protocol. Most esata interfaces work with port multiplier capability. However, this box needs to also have support for FIS based switching protocol. If your computer doesn't support FIS switching, you can get one for about $20 to ad in to your system. There is a mediasonic I/O card that supports it and there is also the Silicon Image PCI Express Card ,SIL3132 Sata II controller with two sata ports on it. I have tried both and found that for me the Silicon Image card is easiest to install and update.
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yes if board has esata hookup and you have enable turn on esata in bios too after put it in,,it is very fast interface
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I use it on my old Sager laptop and it does not run hot. The two outlets on this card are usb 2.0. There is also a small round connection to use with the included cable that plugs into and existing usb port on your computer to increase the power available to this card. There are no sata, or esata connections.
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Yes, it does require two ESATA ports. However, it comes with a PCIe RAID card which is installed in the server, so you're lack of ESATA ports isn't an issue.
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The ports on the front of the case (2x USB 3.0, 1x eSATA, 2x USB 2.0, HDD Dock) function similar to a USB Hub. In that all of those ports connect to the motherboard via only one regular SATA cable. So to answer your question it connects to a regular SATA port not an eSATA port.
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Yes it does. There is an adapter port and cables for the EIDE on the front of the dock and the slot on the top supports both 2.5 and 3.5 sata drives. I own three of them and am very satisfied with the product. I use them for my computer repair business
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Don't have exactly such an experience, but this is one among not many (if not the only!) capable to connect multi-drive bays with spawned (e)SATA. Have connected self-made 5 drives bay, worked fine.However, i would advice you to ask Drobo's tech support regarding tech specs requirement and if their boxes either provide multi-drive (spawned SATA), or single logical RAID-drive on eSATA port.
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Mine works great. I have my StarTech internal 10 pin connector connected to my computers 2 external ports instead of my motherboards 10 pin USB v1.1 connector, and the StarTech internal USB port connected to one port of a 2 port external USB adapter box. I now have 7 external case ports that work perfectly at USB v2.0 speed... 4 in the front, and 3 in the back.