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Why is ESATA such a problem
Everywhere you look people have problems wit ESATA. If you search for problems with it there are endless pages. I build a lot of systems. About 20% (1 in 5) of them I cannot get the ESATA running properly. NCQ, Hot Plugging, I know about these things. I know drivers are the issue most of the time but even after installing the correct driver and trying different ESATA drives which work fine on my personal system, I STILL can't get some to work. With a lot of motherboards from many manufacturers acting the same way I know it's not defective motherboards. Is there a way to find out why ESATA works like it's supposed to or why you have to shut down to make it work.
Is there a good way to get it running right? I have had it with doing research day after day trying to get ESATA working right. I have started to tell people to simply power down, plug their ESATA drive in, then power back up. It will work fine....then power back down when you need to disconnect it.
It seems a waste to not use this great port to it's potential. I use nothing but ESATA on my personal systems. I LOVE it! It's fast and easy. I am frustrated with it when building new systems. Any SIMPLE answer from one of you wizards would be wonderful. Thanks. Have a good day.