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Re: E Sata with external hard drive
using a sata instead of an e-sata cable perhaps?
PeterG wrote:
> The external hard drive has its own power supply. Upon connecting via USB the
> PC picks it up and shows it as an extra hard drive in MyComputer. When
> connecting via e sata the l.e.d on the mainboard lights up indicating a
> connection is present but the PC does nothing. I have tried all the usual
> tactics to get the PC to recognise the drive but to no avail. I even
> installed the driver files supplied intended for 98 and before setups and
> still nothing. It has me beat with my reasonable but limited technical
> knowledge.
> Peter G
>
> "churin" wrote:
>
>> PeterG wrote:
>>> I have a problem I hope may be solvable with some help from others. My PC has
>>> an e sata port on the rear and my external hard drive works fine on USB but
>>> as soon as I connect to the e sata port the PC simply does not recognise its
>>> existence at all. I have tried updating drivers, setting bios for e sata etc
>>> all to no avail. Has anyone got a solution? I am running Vista Home Ultimate
>>> 32bit with an MSI mainboard.
>> With the extent of problem description as given, there are a number of
>> possible causes. Let me ask questions:
>> 1) Does the Device Manager show that the drivers are installed and
>> indicate the device is working?
>> 2) Is the external SATA HDD powered?
>>
>> I can think of more questions but please answer the above as a starter.
>>
>> churin
>>
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