External SATA oddness

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alienz

Limp Gawd
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Having some problems with an external e-sata I have on my box. Not sure where the problem was so I figured I'd ask for some input.

It's an Asrock Dual-SATA2. The external cable is plugged into one of the SATA1 slots. The case is a thermaltake,

Having some trouble getting it to be recognized on every boot. Have the latest bios installed. Works fine if I connect it via USB.

Anyone had some issues with the board? Or could it be the enclosure?
 
My first guess would be the enclosure, since you're trying to go from SATA2 to SATA1, which the controller handles. The thing doesn't look THAT bad, but I'd try a replacement first to see if perhaps that's the issue.
 
Unless you have loaded the SATA drivers and have ACHI enabled, your machine probably won't "see" the external SATA unit unless it's plugged in and active at boot.

A "ready to go eSATA port" has these features enabled and will do a hotswap properly....most of the time.

Same as a USB connection, sometimes your system just doesn't wanna "let go".
 
Thanks for the replies. I'm thinking its the enclosure as well first off only because I check the BIOS and sometimes it'll show up in there sometimes not. So it doesn't even get to Windows.

Any recommendations for a external SATA case?
 
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