salaku Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I recently bought a Seagate Freeagent pro 500GB external drive. So far I have tried with SATA to ESATA brackets and 2 differenet brand eSATA cables, but for some reason my Vista won't recognize the drive. I have done all the basic stuff like loading new bios, loading drivers, enable RAID in bios , enable SATA ports in bios etc. Can someone recommend a good eSATA controller and eSATA to eSATA cable that will surely work with this drive?I tried the drive on 2 different machine - one with builtin eSATA port and other with sata to eSATA bracket. Same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmaugyGrrr Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 (edited) Any eSata cable - bar the cheapest of the cheap - should be fine.If I were looking for one, I would get one of these SATA cards - purely because they would work with the software linked to on the page - and use a separate PCI slot bracket to convert one of the connectors to eSATA. http://mysite.verizon.net/kaakoon/hotswap/...nu.htm#download Edited October 19, 2007 by SmaugyGrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salaku Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 Any eSata cable - bar the cheapest of the cheap - should be fine.If I were looking for one, I would get one of these SATA cards - purely because they would work with the software linked to on the page - and use a separate PCI slot bracket to convert one of the connectors to eSATA. http://mysite.verizon.net/kaakoon/hotswap/...nu.htm#downloadThanks for the suggestion I will place an order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHPratt Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I plan to purchase this eSATA Card to use with external storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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