28 Dec 2009 at 23:37 #1 Dogfood09 Dogfood09 Associate Joined 18 Dec 2009 Posts 423 Guys , Can anyone tell me what this is? got a new case which has an esata port on the front and a bit to stick in an expansion slot with two esatas on it? Dog09
Guys , Can anyone tell me what this is? got a new case which has an esata port on the front and a bit to stick in an expansion slot with two esatas on it? Dog09
28 Dec 2009 at 23:46 #2 Daegan Daegan Associate Joined 1 Sep 2005 Posts 1,588 Location Bath, UK External SATA, i.e. an external version of the internal SATA ports used to connect storage devices like hard drives and DVD-RW's.
External SATA, i.e. an external version of the internal SATA ports used to connect storage devices like hard drives and DVD-RW's.
28 Dec 2009 at 23:51 #3 Dogfood09 Dogfood09 Associate OP Joined 18 Dec 2009 Posts 423 cool , so i can just plug an old internal sata drive in there? what about the power cable?
29 Dec 2009 at 00:00 #4 RJC RJC Don Joined 29 May 2005 Posts 29,103 Location Kent The Hard Drive will need to be external powered.
29 Dec 2009 at 00:02 #5 Daegan Daegan Associate Joined 1 Sep 2005 Posts 1,588 Location Bath, UK The idea is the drive will be in an external caddie, either powered by its own AC adapter or USB.
