eSATA

Vista_32bit · 01-08-2009

Hey guys, just purchased an eSATA PCI card, now I was wondering do I plug the hard drive directly in to the PCI card? If so great, if not thats horrible lol.

**Night Hawk** · 01-08-2009

You should see an eSata cable along with the drive when bought new. That plugs into the port on the drive casing as well as into one of the ports on the addon card. Another cable should run out to one or more sata ports on the board itself.

Vista_32bit · 01-08-2009

	Quote:	Night Hawk
	You should see an eSata cable along with the drive when bought new. That plugs into the port on the drive casing as well as into one of the ports on the addon card. Another cable should run out to one or more sata ports on the board itself.

Okay, so the internal Hard Drive would plug in to the eSata PCI card? And does the SATA cd/dvd drive also need to be?
thanks

**Night Hawk** · 01-08-2009

With an internal drive the only time you would plug it into an addon card is on a board that lacks any sata ports. The addon card would have a sata controller card not simply one with ports.

01-08-2009	#1 (permalink)
Vista_32bit Vista_x64 :P Join Date: Sep 2008 Vista Home Premium x64 126 posts	eSATA Hey guys, just purchased an eSATA PCI card, now I was wondering do I plug the hard drive directly in to the PCI card? If so great, if not thats horrible lol.
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01-08-2009	#2 (permalink)
Night Hawk Geek Join Date: Dec 2008 Vista H.Premium 32 on drive + VPC beta, 7 RC 64bit, ubuntu, Knoppix on usb flash drives 352 posts	Re: eSATA You should see an eSata cable along with the drive when bought new. That plugs into the port on the drive casing as well as into one of the ports on the addon card. Another cable should run out to one or more sata ports on the board itself.
My System Specs

01-08-2009	#4 (permalink)
Night Hawk Geek Join Date: Dec 2008 Vista H.Premium 32 on drive + VPC beta, 7 RC 64bit, ubuntu, Knoppix on usb flash drives 352 posts	Re: eSATA With an internal drive the only time you would plug it into an addon card is on a board that lacks any sata ports. The addon card would have a sata controller card not simply one with ports.
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