eSata?

[silentbobbo]

guys

Please forgive me if this is not meant to be posted here

I'm wondering how do I use the eSata on the back of my new asus z68 board. Can I directly connect my sata HDD to it? How does it power up?

Thanks

[Abula]

There are some powered eSata ports, but to what i have read, this is not enough to move a 3.5 hdd, its more for certain 2.5 drives. More commonly the esata ports are just a sata port but external, so you will need an external power to supply the hdd, enclousure or dock.

[CA_Steve]

Or, some boards (like my P45) come with an eSATA bracket for the back of the PC. You hook up the SATA cables and a molex to the inside, and use SATA cables and a SATA power cable for the outside. If your board didn't come with one, you could buy one.

[ces]

Get an esata Dock such as this:
http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... id=0285898

In the alternative you need to get a cable that will supply power to the hard drive. Such as this:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... ts_id=1987
coupled with this:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/ ... s_id=28066