eSATA question..

[TechTune]

Hey guys..
I see that on the Antec 1200 case, there's a eSATA port in front. Does that mean I can connect a HDD to that port and Windows 7 will recognize it, as if it was installed directly to the motherboard?

Michael

 

[Jonathan_King]

It does mean that.

 

[TechTune]

Thank you Jonathan_King !

 

[Jonathan_King]

You're welcome.

Let us know if you have any more questions/problems, and we'll be happy to help you.

 

[TechTune]

Let us know if you have any more questions/problems, and we'll be happy to help you.

Ahhh, warms my heart

 

[pparks1]

You would have to have an enclosure for a SATA drive to provide the eSATA connector that would connect to the front eSATA input.

 

[Mellon Head]

And if you're going to buy an enclosure like that, pick up one with some ventilation. Unless you use the new cooler running drives, they can get pretty warm.

 

[TechTune]

I was thinking just connecting the HDD (still in the other PC) to the eSATA port to restore some files, with something like this:

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, you can use an eSATA to a SATA cable if you just have to pull a few things off the drive. You could also pop the side off the case and just plug into an internal port and do the same thing with a standard SATA cable.

 

[not so gray matter]

I highly recommend using eSATA, when I had my port working, it made it so that I could run my OS off an external drive without worrying about slow speeds from USB.

 

[TechTune]

You could also pop the side off the case and just plug into an internal port and do the same thing with a standard SATA cable.

That's the thing.. then my warrenty voids, so I saw this as a nice alternative.

 

[Mellon Head]

That's the thing.. then my warrenty voids, so I saw this as a nice alternative.

I can't see how you'd void the warranty. How else would you add more RAM, a new video card, or another HDD?

 

[pparks1]

You could also pop the side off the case and just plug into an internal port and do the same thing with a standard SATA cable.

That's the thing.. then my warrenty voids, so I saw this as a nice alternative.

Opening up the computer should not void your warranty.

 

[TechTune]

The PC was prebuilt from a company here in Norway and has a 3 year warranty.. I thought if you actually opened the case those 3 years were gone. The one I'm sitting on now had those check stickers on the case which breaks. Maybe there's regulations difference between brand PC and built-it-for-you PC's, i need to check that..

 

[WindowsStar]

What is the throughput as compared to USB 2.0 and USB 3.0???