Hi guys hope you can help me get my drive connected. Have bought a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB USB2.0/eSATA/Firewire External Hard Drive, which i've currently got connected by firewire to my pc, but I want to go with eSATA. What is the best way? I've currently got 4 hard drives connected to my DS3 board via the ICH8 southbridge, so it only leaves me the 2 GIGABYTE sata connectors free. If I use one of these, will I have to change any settings in the BIOS, and also will it support hot plugging? Or shall I just invest in a PCI card, like the LaCie 2-Port eSATA 3Gbits/s PCI-Express (x1) Card? Will this support hot plugging as well?
Best way of connecting new external drive
- Thread starter rocketman
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Looks like the lacie card is my best bet.....