Re: hotplugging eSATA

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:43:09 -0800 Eric <Scorpus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| sounds to me like you might be using some kind of eSata kit? rip out the bare
| drive and try hot-plugging it with a power connector and the eSata cable

Is this what you mean?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119021

I'm starting to presume the Nvidia SATA controller may simply not have any
hotplug capability, at least not as configured on a mainboard. I have now
freed up an eSATA card (a PCI card that has 2 eSATA connectors on the back
and 2 SATA connectors internally). I'll probably put it in the new machine
this coming weekend.

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