silly question about esata

[RAA-Kr1cH]

I'm looking at a case that has esata, and just wanted to verify what type of connection the motherboard needed to have. Does it just use an open sata port? or does the motherboard need a special esata connector.

Thanks

 

[frogger42]

I have an Antec Sonata III with an esata port on the front. Mine just plugged into an available SATA port on the MoBo. I assume other cases are the same way since I have never heard of a specific mid-board esata port on any mobo I have looked at.

 

[axan]

yes you just need 1 open regular sata port on the mobo

 

[unhappy_mage]

You may need a converter cable that has an L-style on one end, and an I-style on the other.

 

[drizzt81]

You may need a converter cable that has an L-style on one end, and an I-style on the other.

Whoever came up with the idea of having an I-style and an l-style connector ought to be shot. couldn't they have come up with two less similar looking characters?

 

[Ockie]

Whoever came up with the idea of having an I-style and an l-style connector ought to be shot. couldn't they have come up with two less similar looking characters?

Or how about just keeping them the same? I still dont know why they had to go through all the trouble for an I-style cable.

 

[Old Hippie]

You can connect an eSATA port to a regular SATA port via a conversion cable or bracket. Doing it this way will not allow you to hot swap the unit. The external unit will have to be energized at boot to be recognized.

 

[zentech]

for those of you who picked up a sonata 3, did you have trouble with the e-sata connection on the front? mine does not seem to work, don't want to believe it's the mobo (asus p5k-e)...could buy an expensive e-sata/esata cable for $22 + ship from newegg but i want to make sure it's not something else before dropping that kind of coin on a cable...