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Is all sata the same?

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Brock10

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First build noobie question: On an Asus Rampage II Gene board, I’m using all 6 sata connectors from the ICH10R the for hdds. I want to connect a bluray drive using sata. On the Gene board there is a 7th Jmicron JMB363 sata connector. The guide says “this connector is for a Serial ATA signal cable for an external Serial ATA hard disk drive” (to connect external case ports I presume).

Can I connect my bluray drive to this? Does it take a different cable?
 
You can use any SATA port.
The reason those are labelled for external use is so people know what to do with the external SATA port adapter that comes with the motherboard.
 
If the cable fits, you can use it.

The closest thing i can think of to there being different sata ports is in the chipset. My own motherboard has 8 sata ports. But only 4 of them are detected on the bios. The rest is some sort of extra chipset that's jury rigged to the intel chipset. Windows can see it normally, but if you attach a harddrive, you won't see it on the bios.
 
If the eSATA connector is on rear I/O, it may take an eSATA cable for a connection.

The JMicron stuff is not known for reliability and you may not be able to boot from it, if that's your plan.

All SATA is the same but eSATA comes in a few different flavors. :D
 
There is an eSATA connector on the rear I/O but I'm talking about another internal SATA connector on the other end of the MB beside the 6 intel SATA connectors.

Forgive this next question. Remember I'm a noobie. By boot from it do you mean make it the 1st bootable drive in the bios so I can install Vista from the SATA attached bluray drive? Then yes, that's my plan. Bad idea?
 
Old Hippie said:
If the eSATA connector is on rear I/O, it may take an eSATA cable for a connection.

The JMicron stuff is not known for reliability and you may not be able to boot from it, if that's your plan.

All SATA is the same but eSATA comes in a few different flavors. :D
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There is an eSATA connector on the rear I/O but I'm talking about another internal SATA connector on the other end of the MB beside the 6 intel SATA connectors.

Forgive this next question. Remember I'm a noobie. By boot from it do you mean make it the 1st bootable drive in the bios so I can install Vista from the SATA attached bluray drive? Then yes, that's my plan. Bad idea?
 
What you want to do will be fine, like using a USB hard drive but faster.
As long as you can set it as the boot device.
 
I noticed your board has JMicron controlled SATA and eSATA ports but let me give ya a general view.

JMicron devices are not the most dependable but in the latest MB configurations they are a seperate chip used for IDE and eSATA connections.

Even though your board may be bootable from it, I would put my faith in Intel rather than JMicron.

JMicron may work just fine for you and it's worked fine for me most of the time but on a few occassions it caused me to drink excessively! :D
 
Try the jmicron. Yes, you're supposed to be able to use it the way you want to. However, as old hippie pointed out, there are issues with jmicron controllers. So, if you have problems, switch it to an ICH10 port for installation and switch it back after.
 
Tactical_Strike said:
SATA 6.0 is coming in Mobo Relatively soon.
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Maybe.
InvisiBill said:
It'll probably be a bit before we see SATA3...

http://www.google.com/search?q=faulty+marvell+sata
It looks like that technology will be delayed, though. The only chip supporting the standard today, the Marvell 88SE9123, is having major issues. Motherboard vendors including ASUS and Gigabyte, which had planned on releasing SATA 6G technology using the chip on Intel Lynnfield platform motherboards later this summer, are having to remove the Marvell 88SE9123 and redesign their boards at the last minute due to significant speed and reliability issues.
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