Does this enclosure support eSATAp?
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I am uncertain weather it supports eSATAp specifically. I do know that there is an eSATA port on the case next to the mini USB port. My guess is that it does support it since eSATAp is a hot swappable device.
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I have a router with an eSATA port that can used for a media drive. Can this HD be used in an eSATA stand alone enclosure with an 80mm fan for cooling? Thank you in advance for any information.
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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.
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So far it isn't looking good. The wifi is not removable and the eSata is not, as Kaerlo Michael Dulay said, PM ready. I am now also researching external port multiplier solutions - eSata, to external multiplier to external enclosure. Kind of a kludge though. I will post back when (if) I get anything new.
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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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Depends on the size of eSata drive you buy. I use an external NAS and copy it to the eSata and vice Versa. It's a great HTPC. You can just use the eSata however.
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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.
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Yes. The thing comes with 12V power supply (very crappy - mine gone dead in half hour), and for eSATA you have to use it regardless the size of the drive(s) attached.
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Its not a esata connection so you can't use laptop drive either.. Look up msata.. Thats what you need
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No, It wont work. USB to eSATA adapter is an uni-diretional, it wont do other way around. I highly recommend to use eSU3F8 that would cover ANY host interface
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Unfortunately this is designed to work with esata external drives not usb external drives.
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It does support enclosures with port multipliers. However, it only supports 1 port multiplier. I have a Mediasonic HFR2-SU3S2 PRORAID 4 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 & eSATA 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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I believe so. I bought this expressly to hook up to an eSATA internal hard drive that had been inside of an external enclosure that was no longer working. I had external power to the drive and connected the eSATA cable to this adapter to transfer files to my PC hard drive. Worked great!
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I don't see why not. I used to have a SATA drive in an external enclosure, formatted for Windoze and used as an eSATA drive. It worked for quite a while 'til the drive failed.
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All the labels state its an eSATA (no p) adapter.Also when I compare an eSATA to an eSATAp picture on Wikipedia it looks like the first (no power pins).Unfortunately I don't have any devices that have an eSATAp interface so I cannot finally test.From all I can see: no, it doesn't.RE other answers: the controller chip clearly is an eSATA to USB bridge, NOT the other way round. The plugs don't match (at least per USB3 IEEE spec) for this application, too.
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The eSATA port and the internal SATA port next to it share the same port -- you have to change the jumpers to connect the eSATA port.
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You'll need a hard disk drive dock that can handle both IDE & eSATA HDs. This Orico won't do it. I own one of these, too. You'll need the EZO Ware 2 slot HDD dock, model 875 U3, or any model CAVALRY dual bay hard drive dock. Both of these models have two slots or "bays" for two different types of HDs....the old IDEs & the back slot for the newer eSATA HDs. This second slot will handle both 3.5" HDDs & 2.5" HDDs & SSDs (solid state drives). Very versatile. Now, if you can not find these 2 recommended models (that I also own & purchased here), you can just search hard drive dock stations that handle both eSATA & IDE HDDs. Be careful, because some newer models have 2 bays for eSATA & no slot for IDE. This because, as you have discovered, the IDEs are now obsolete. Just read the description carefully when ordering. In appearance, they will hold the drives vertically & not horizontally like the ORICO illustrated here. In other words they are drop-in's & not slide-in's. Hope that this helps you. I build a new computer every year & understand the problem of moving older stored data on "dated" hardware to newer hardware. Compatibility can be a problem. There is one other choice that AMAZON has carried: an adapter cable that has a USB male plug on one end & a 2-sided plastic adapter plug on the other end. One side of this plug on the end of the cable plugs into an IDE drive. The other side of the plug will plug into an eSATA drive, either 2.5" or 3.5." It would be slightly less expensive but is USB 2.0 standard & slower transfers. The docks listed above are USB 3.0 (& believe me, this is important & will save you hours of time during transfers) & will transfer your data to the newer eSATA HDs MUCH faster. The difference in cost is well worth buying the desktop models. Hope that all of this helps. Tried to give you several different choices & explain why. Good Luck.