Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Now that I have the new fire breathing core duo machine I need to change
> from USB to eSATA so I was interested in your comments there. I read a
> review of a Seagate 500GB eSATA drive which stated that the drive came
> with a PCI SATA card which had external connectors. I wasn't aware of
> the jumpers from motherboard to expansion slot header so I'll have to
> check the motherboard to see if there's an SATA socket or two available.
Jeff Keller wrote:
> ? ... Either I've looked at different models or I missed seeing what
> you saw Chuck. The Seagate eSATA drives I've seen say they come with a
> cable but haven't mentioned the card/bracket to provide a connection
> form the inside of the computer to the rear panel.
Both eSATA external drive cases I've bought, one with HD and another
empty, have come with the header/cables, so I have one in each machine.
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Check out <http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/datasheet/disc/ds_ext_esata.pdf>
>
> includes PCI 2 port interface card
>
I looked at this one and it has one flaw for my use. I want to be able
to access any and all of my external drives with all of my computers -
and the notebook doesn't have eSATA. so I wanted all external enclosures
to have another access mode as well. Both of mine have USB 2 HiSpeed in
addition to eSATA.
With six SATA headers on the mother board, I don't think I'm going to
miss the PCI card SATA connections. On any rare occasion when I need
direct connection to two of the external HDs at once, one can be USB or
firewire and the other eSATA.
Moose
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