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davyburns

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e sata connection
« on: September 21, 2007, 07:14:01 AM »
I have a seagate Freeagent drive and the usb connection is intermittent, so I want do connect it via e sata directly to the motherboard sata port. I have a cable, and have connected it but windows doesnt see it. Whats wrong?

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Re: e sata connection
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2007, 07:47:25 PM »
You need to install the SATA drivers for your MBoard for it to see the drive...
What MBoard is this ? ?
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Re: e sata connection
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2007, 03:10:43 AM »
Hi, Thanks
Its a Foxconn NF4SK8AA, Socket 939. I already have a sata drive connected as my C drive, so I expected that the ports would be "live"
I dont know anything about e sata, and even the internet is quite vague about the set up. I took it that it would be a straight P&P device (The Seagate Freeagent) whether it was USB or E Sata.
I would much prefer the Sata set up, if its only drivers.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2007, 08:55:30 AM »
Each SATA drive will need drivers installed...grab them from the manuf. site.
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Re: e sata connection
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2007, 04:06:56 AM »
The M/Board Manufacturer or the drive manufacturer?
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2007, 09:23:01 AM »
I tend to use the drive manuf. drivers...

I just re-read your original post though ...how are you hooking this up since it's a USB drive ? ?
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2007, 01:58:41 PM »
|Its a USB E Sata drive, there are both types of input, It worked ok as a USB2 drive for about 4 months, then started to lose contact with the PC, with an error message "Delayed Write to H/ cannot write $mft to drive H:" So, rather than return it, (where do I put the files?), I tried the E Sata approach. I bought a E Sata to Sata cable, and hoped it would be plug and play, as the USB was, Alas, alack, it wasnt so. Seagate doesnt seem to have any drivers on there site, and there was no CD or cable included in the box.
The internet is very short on e sata information, It tells you speeds, ect, but little more, so I thought it must be Plug & Play.
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2007, 03:08:21 PM »
Visit your MBoard manuf. site...
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