Does the eSATA port support Port Multiplication?
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i've looked for all kinds of ways to hook multiple drives up to see if the card handles different drive address but i don't have any way to hook more than one drive at a time so i can't answer the question yes or no. other than windows having a limit to the number of drives it can address, if you had some sort of sata hub, it would seem that the number of drives would be handled the same as usb devices connected through a usb hub. i did a search of amazon for some sort of sata hub and came up with this. LaCie eSATA Hub by LaCie i have no idea if this would be of any use to your situation. sorry for not having a definitive answer for u. i've looked for all kinds of ways to hook multiple drives up to see if the card handles different drive address but i don't have any way to hook more than one drive at a time so i can't answer the question yes or no. other than windows having a limit to the number of drives it can address, if you had some sort of sata hub, it would seem that the number of drives would be handled the same as usb devices connected through a usb hub. i did a search of amazon for some sort of sata hub and came up with this. LaCie eSATA Hub by LaCie i have no idea if this would be of any use to your situation.... » Read More i've looked for all kinds of ways to hook multiple drives up to see if the card handles different drive address but i don't have any way to hook more than one drive at a time so i can't answer the question yes or no. other than windows having a limit to the number of drives it can address, if you had some sort of sata hub, it would seem that the number of drives would be handled the same as usb devices connected through a usb hub. i did a search of amazon for some sort of sata hub and came up with this. LaCie eSATA Hub by LaCie i have no idea if this would be of any use to your situation. sorry for not having a definitive answer for u. « Show Less
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I tried the supplied driver and downloaded one as well. Never got it to work.
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You can plug a USB hub into it and all of the ports work. I primarily got it to add USB3 to an older laptop.
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I was not successful getting it to work so far. I've tried the supplied driver, used the Windows 7 plug and play driver, neither recognizes it. It was under $10, so I'm not going to try to mail it back to China, now sits in the bottom of a drawer and I'm just using my USB 2 ports instead of trying to add a USB 3 and/or eSATA ports. When I have a hour to kill, I may try installing it again, but faster to just use USB 2. You get what you pay for...
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So far it isn't looking good. The wifi is not removable and the eSata is not, as Kaerlo Michael Dulay said, PM ready. I am now also researching external port multiplier solutions - eSata, to external multiplier to external enclosure. Kind of a kludge though. I will post back when (if) I get anything new.
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I am uncertain weather it supports eSATAp specifically. I do know that there is an eSATA port on the case next to the mini USB port. My guess is that it does support it since eSATAp is a hot swappable device.
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It turns out the SATA port is just a pass through for the eSata port on the outside of the card. There is no built in SATA port on this board.
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You have to run a data from the motherboard internally, converting it to an external esata port
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Yes, that will work fine, however, to connect it to eSATA you will either need to install the drive into an eSATA enclosure or have an adapter cable. The enclosure is the safest bet. Also, be sure that the chipset of your esata controller is capable of seeing a drive that big. Most are, but some of the older ones may give you trouble.
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The cable has a standard USB connector on one end and eSata on the other. It is a 2-way path and I am using it for an external hard drive backup. It should work in your configuration.
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There are two ports. One is a USB 2.0 and the other is a combo eSATA/USB 2.0. I satisfy the need for more with a hub.
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Although the item in question does have both an eSata port as well as an internal Sata port, unfortunately you must sacrifice the internal Sata port in which you have available to you only to allow it as use for a pass-through to the external eSata port as, without this pass-through, the eSata port would not function.
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I think probably not. I think the eSATA cable is only for data. My own setup has a second plug to draw power from the USB 3.0 port for the drive.Hmmm, the Wikipedia entry says that eSATA cannot supply power..."However, eSATA connectors cannot supply power, and require a power supply for the external device. The related eSATAp (but mechanically incompatible, sometimes called eSATA/USB) connector adds power to an external SATA connection, so that an additional power supply is not needed."
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Nope this is for smaller 1.8inch drives and you can tell that the eSATA connections won't line up. Try looking for a USB to 2.5 inch mSATA cable.
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Yes. Two ESATA cables required.This device contains two Sil3726/3826 SATA Port Multipliers each for 4 HDD.
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Daisy chaining using eSATA is not possible.Also there is this misconception than eSATA rated at 6 GB/s is faster than USB 3.0 rated at 5GB/s, but it doesn't work that way. In practice, your USB 3.0 will have read/write speeds of 400 MB/s while the eSATA will get 350 MB/s.
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Nope!! Have to purchase one, I believe it came with a USB, but not eSATA. That would have been nice
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I believe it did. At the time of purchase I didn't have an eSata port to use it on.
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The eSATA port and the internal SATA port next to it share the same port -- you have to change the jumpers to connect the eSATA port.
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Yes but how many eSATA connections does your 4 drive enclosure take? 2 well you need two of these then.