eSATA

Brum Man · 30 Sep 2010 at 20:36

So I've just built a computer, with a farily old motherboard in a new case.

The case has an external eSATA port on it but the motherboard, a DFI NF4, does not. I'm wondering if it is simply a case of pluggin directly in to the SATA ports on the motherboard?

I see that newer motherboard seem to come with eSATA ports on them, and am wondering what the difference is given that they have similar connectors on the motherboard connector?

Brum Man · 3 Oct 2010 at 14:43

No one?

Brum Man · 3 Oct 2010 at 16:46

OK cheers. So essentially if I were to plug in, for example, an external hard drive I'd have to reboot for it to be recognised? Would it damage anything plugging one in while the computer was powered up?

Brum Man · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:03

OK, thanks for the tips