Do the SATA and/or ESATA ports work as hot swap (like a USB to SATA adapter would)?
2022773
Yes. The SATA ports are hot pluggable. The eSATA should be too but I haven't tested it.
2022774
It depends on whither you boot in the IDE mode or AHCI or Raid. You have to boot in AHCI or Raid in order to have hot swap with SATA or eSATA. If your pc don't support hot swap and you connect or disconnect while the pc is running it will lockup. In that case you have to turn on the eSATA before booting up the pc. I run my pc in AHCI mode and it all works great with hot swap.
2022775
It did the first time, hasn't worked since. But I may have bumped the PCI connection when I changed RAM. Just haven't gone back and checked.
2022776
I have had to restart to mount a unformatted disk. When I swap disks, I dismount the old drive, shut down the power (using the Dashboard's switch) detach the cables, attach to the new drive and switch on. A rescan will find the new disk and mount it.
761377
I have not tried it as the ESATA had a different number of pins. My neighbor said to plug I. All three connectors. The ESATA port on the back of my gadget, the USB port in front of my gadget and the other USB into the external hard drive I was trying to set up.
1590453
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.
765452
You'll need to buy an adaptor -- without being powered the USB 2 ports don't work (at least for me). The adaptor is a couple of bucks... the good news is that the molex power connector on the device has both a male and female connector; you'll probably need a female SATA to molex power connector (these are relatively rare). It's too bad that the power connector on this device did not include a sata connector.
1581179
If you are just plugging it into the SATA connector on the motherboard it does not matter. They are all the same, any open one will work. Just make sure that you are plugged into the correct connection on the adapter.
1791371
If you use the eSATA connection, you will need to make sure you have an eSATA port. As for the USB, I've only ever used it on a USB 2.0 port, but it has worked flawlessly for me.
789964
As long as the drive has the appropriate connector then yes, it will. I've plugged the SATA end into a 3.5" HDD and the ESATA end into a ESATA port on the back of a PC. Most 3.5 drives have that typical SATA connector. You will have to get power to the drive separately though, just so you are aware.
1926670
No it has to be the other way around....the HD's need to be Esata, and the port has to be USB.
1956221
There's nothing OS-specific about the enclosure, anything with eSATA "port multiplier" support should work fine.
1989336
It does not. It is not even sata compatible. It connects into use port on main board
217653
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.
492172
Should be compatible, just make sure you know what type of cable connection ports you have IDE or SATA, it is a simple swap.
1504347
sata to esata connection wire. if you don't have esata you'll need an adapter unit. such as sata to usb or sata to firewire. the unit is sealed so you'll have no worries externally. just don't dunk it in coffee
1534466
Yes I swapped in a Crucial 512GB M4 SATA. Thunderbolt works fine but believe it or not the USB3 interface had faster read times!
293839
You can use a Sabrent USB 2.0 to SATA hard drive adapter to connect it or similar.
1590454
Yes. However, you will need to feed external power to your HDD. The eSATA cable does not provide power like USB.
880638
You would need an ESATA to USB 3.0 Conversion Cable, and I don't think that exists. You will just have to use the drive at USB 2.0 speeds. There are plenty of USB 3.0 TO ESATA cables, but not what you need.