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Dell E6420; Esata port with Samsung 830 SSD (128GB) connection help.
Hello everyone, just joined up and have a question. I recently added an external Samsung 830 ssd to my laptop and I'm having some issues and concerns. The cable that came with the 'kit' looks and is described as a USB to SATA cable. I have an Esata cable for an internal ssd drive to be used as an external drive; which does NOT work with this drive. The USB to SATA cable provided does. Why? I have the drive attached to the Esata port with the USB cable but am I losing speed connected this way? Would I be better off getting a different cable? I also have the USB3 module connected into modular bay with an empty port that I could use, but having read alot on the speed of the interfaces in question, Esata seems to be the fastest, I'm just not sure it's configured or utilized this way and I'm thinking it's the cable for starters (the drive also appears as a USB device). Thanks in advance, Technoid...