Internal vs External SATA Motherboard connectors?

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  1. MisterEd
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    It looks like your eSATA port was added as an afterthought by using a regular SATA port and using an optional bracket. The advantage of this is it still could be used for an internal SATA port by not using the bracket.

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  3. Mike Lynch
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    Thank you for the documentation Mr. Ed.

    Best regards,

    Mike
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