WD E-SATA Cable

UniZero · 29 Dec 2007 at 00:08

I just recently got a Western Digital MyBook 500GB Ext hdd that has a esata port. Can anybody tell me how to get hold of the cable in the UK? I have had a search in the threads but could not find any info. thanks

Greenlizard0 · 29 Dec 2007 at 00:19

Welcome! (And claimed - if anybody still does this

).

I think if your motherboard supports e-SATA then you'll get a bracket with the appropriate port for allowing the connectivity of exterinal devices.

helmutcheese · 29 Dec 2007 at 00:22

I dont think he means that.

I think he means the issue with the ESATA not working on the WD My Book (due to cable not connecting), if he is, we can sort that no probs.

UniZero · 29 Dec 2007 at 00:54

sorry should have made myself clear. I wanted to know where I can get the Esata cable as it is not supplied with the drive only the usb one. sorry for the confusion.

Dingleberry88 · 29 Dec 2007 at 01:04

As for as I know it's just a normal SATA cable.

UniZero · 29 Dec 2007 at 01:06

Dingleberry88 said:
As for as I know it's just a normal SATA cable.

It can't be because normal sata cables are L shaped and esata is not.

helmutcheese · 29 Dec 2007 at 01:08

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-024-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=196

Like most Cables and some External HDD's it wont make electric contact with the My Book, you need do this:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17816228&highlight=cable+username_helmutcheese LOOK @ POST #10

UniZero · 29 Dec 2007 at 01:12

helmutcheese said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-024-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=196

Like most Cables and some External HDD's it wont make electric contact with the My Book, you need do this:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17816228&highlight=cable+username_helmutcheese LOOK @ POST #10

Doh should have looked. thanks and for the info.

BunnYPandA · 29 Dec 2007 at 02:50

i had bought an akasa esata cable from here months ago but when i couldnt get the drive working on it i just gave up. i've just now trimmed the cable and it works a treat. since noticed transferring big files makes a big difference in speed.

helmutcheese · 29 Dec 2007 at 02:59

Bobcat · 5 Jan 2008 at 19:39

The details and diagrams on how to trim the eSATA Cable in this thread have just saved me from ordering another eSATA Cable as i thought that the one i got was wrong, trimmed it and now it works with my WD 500GB Drive

Thanks !

UniZero · 8 Jan 2008 at 20:17

I have trimmed the cable and the bios detects the drive but windows does not any hints on this. Is it possible that it is a bios setting I have missed. The motherboard I have is Asus P5B Deluxe. TIA.

helmutcheese · 8 Jan 2008 at 21:11

Have you installed any Drivers for Windows, I think its a JMicron Sata Controler.

JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver (Grab whatever your OS is).

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5B Deluxe

UniZero · 8 Jan 2008 at 22:17

helmutcheese said:
Have you installed any Drivers for Windows, I think its a JMicron Sata Controler.

JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver (Grab whatever your OS is).

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5B Deluxe

I did download the latest driver from Asus but that did not help. I changed the bios setting from IDE to SATA and then I got a error in device manager for an IDE controller it was then that I installed the driver and thought great it might now work but no luck.

Edit: Got it working now I installed the drivers from the motherboard CD and now works fine. thanks for the help. I should have tried the cd in the first place. LOL