I just bought a Vantec Nexstar 3 hard drive case. Actually this is my second because I RMA'd the first. The reason being is that I can't get the eSATA to work. Is there a setting in BIOS that I need to set up to get this to work right? The first one worked as an eSATA for a while, then it just died. Now that I have the second one, the eSATA won't work again.....help?
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A8N32-SLI eSATA Problems
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I went into BIOS and changed the Plug & Play from NO to YES, which according to my Asus manual lets the OS configure the devices, but the eSATA would still not work....I'm only able to use the external HD as a USB 2.0 now....Any other suggestions?
Using the USB is so slow compared to when the eSATA was working, so I really want to get this back up and running. I'm just at a loss as to why with 2 different external enclosues I am having this problem.
Using the USB is so slow compared to when the eSATA was working, so I really want to get this back up and running. I'm just at a loss as to why with 2 different external enclosues I am having this problem.
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In the BIOS you have to have both SATA chipsets enabled. The eSATA runs off the SiS chipset.
In my BIOS, I have all four SATA ports enabled, but there is no setting specifically for eSATA. I am using two of the internal SATA ports, so ports 3 & 4 are empty.
The odd thing, when I went to plug in an eSATA adaptor to the internal SATA ports, when I turned on the external HD, it rebooted my computer. Did that 3 times so I just disonnected it. I'm not sure what the problem is at this point.
The odd thing, when I went to plug in an eSATA adaptor to the internal SATA ports, when I turned on the external HD, it rebooted my computer. Did that 3 times so I just disonnected it. I'm not sure what the problem is at this point.