Vista - Esata not working under Vista

I have just brought an external Hard Drive Enclosure ( Vantec NexStar
3 )which has esata ( external sata connector)as well as USB2 and as my mobo
(Asus A8N32-SLI )supports esata ( has a connection on the back plate ) I
expected it to work but nothing at all from it. Can connect via USB but I
would love the speed of esata.

Now is could be a Vista problem or something totally different . Any
suggestions ?

Hi,

Check that the port is enabled in the system BIOS.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"will_s" <willsjunkremove@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>I have just brought an external Hard Drive Enclosure ( Vantec NexStar
>3 )which has esata ( external sata connector)as well as USB2 and as my
>mobo (Asus A8N32-SLI )supports esata ( has a connection on the back plate )
>I expected it to work but nothing at all from it. Can connect via USB but I
>would love the speed of esata.
>
> Now is could be a Vista problem or something totally different . Any
> suggestions ?

well it was a matter of switching from RAID to SATA2 in the Biosand then
installing the right drivers,

lucky the ones from the mobo worked

anyway its now working


"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Check that the port is enabled in the system BIOS.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "will_s" <willsjunkremove@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:uzNYF6$7GHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have just brought an external Hard Drive Enclosure ( Vantec NexStar
>>3 )which has esata ( external sata connector)as well as USB2 and as my
>>mobo (Asus A8N32-SLI )supports esata ( has a connection on the back
>>plate ) I expected it to work but nothing at all from it. Can connect via
>>USB but I would love the speed of esata.
>>
>> Now is could be a Vista problem or something totally different . Any
>> suggestions ?
>