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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
But Beware. Need a POWERED eSATA Port.
By R. Schneider
This is a good product provided you and your instrumentation may get by the gotchas.
1. The cable is NOT eSATA. It is eSATAp. eSATAp is a combo USB/eSATA port found on newer portables. Regular eSATA ports found on desktops are NOT powered. I use mine amongst my tower and notebook.
2. The cable is short.
3. You may buy a PCIe card with eSATAp port(s) but the cable will likely be too short.
4. You could opt for the USB 3.0 version if you have USB 3.0 ports. You may add a PCIe card with USB 3. port(s) but the cable may be too short. I went this route with WD Passports but the USB cable was too short and proprietary. If the USB 3.0 cable is usual and removable, you may be competent to add a longer regular USB cable.
5. I have found and ordered after much searching an adapter cable that plugs into the both a vacant USB and eSATA and port and then combines the two into what I hope is a female eSATAp port. If it works, it will solve both the power and cable length issues. This puppy is called a BYTECC USB + eSATA to USB/eSATA Cable. Hope it works.
EDIT: 12/09/2010 – My BYTECC 18″ USB + eSATA to USB/eSATA Cable Model USATA-118UE arrived today and it works. And it works well for me as my notebook has an eSATAp port so I have a one cable solution. I think this is the way to go other than adding a USB 3.0 PCIe elaboration card..
I purchased mine at opentip.com. An Amazon supplier, Zagall has it right here: USATA-118UE 18″ USB + eSATA to USB/eSATA Cable NewEgg has it too.
51 of 55 humans found the following review helpful.
Just Be Certain You Have eSATAp Before You Buy!
By Too Cold in Madison
I like the GoFlex scheme and looked forward to increasing the transfer speed when connected to my home desktop by using this eSATA cable rather than USB 2.0. No such luck with my machine. You have to have a powered “eSATAp” port on your machine. Many eSATA ports are not powered, even on imagination costly motherboards. Since the portable GoFlex (2.5″) drives do not use AC adapters like the desktop ones, therefore depending on the cable for power, you must have an eSATAp port. These are likewise referred to as eSATA/USB Combo ports. Time to buy an USB 3.0 card for my computer.
12 of 12 persons found the following review helpful.
Really fast
By Wylie J. Hilliard
This interface option is well worth the price. I wanted a fast portable external drive and the eSATA plug for the GoFlex drive is an magnificent solution. On Windows 7, using USB 2.0 (I don’t have USB 3.0 but do have built in eSATA) I was getting in regards to 26MB/second. With the eSATA plug I am getting 78MB/second for a group of files, almost 3 times as fast. While I realize that SATA has a much higher greatest or most complete or best possible throughput, 3Gb/second, 2.5″ drives do not. The apps that to a considerable degree access the drive seem to run as fast as they do on the internal drive.
Pros: Speed, convenience, price
Cons: I would like the cord to be a little longer or to be replaceable.
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