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    M17XR1 and Esata port

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by spradhan01, Sep 14, 2010.

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    I was wondering if I can hook up a Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive to my notebook via E-sata port on it. Is it possible to get it working through a sata to e-sata cable? As I see that most of the time, it works on desktop only but never know if someone got it working? Also I was looking for at least one thing to run through e-sata on the R1. The chipset is nForce 730i Revision B1 just incase.
    Any idea?
     
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    So long as you have a way to power the drive, I don't see why it shouldn't work. SATA is a generic protocol and so long as the storage device talks it, the device should be compatible.
     
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    I read in some forums that the motherboard or the OS doesn't detect the drive.
    So anyone tried that?
     
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    B.u.m.p..........
     
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    I did this before with an older hp hdx 16 and it worked all right, i don't think i even used an e sata to sata cable as the esata port on the laptop could also accept regular sata...

    I'm pretty sure the same thing would work on the M17X...you just need to make sure to power it externally
     
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    The sata cable doesnot fit in M17X esata port. Looks like it needs a specific esata cable rather than a normal sata cable.
     
    spradhan01, Sep 16, 2010
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    Well besides needing a specific type of cable there is no reason as to why it would't work, after all esata and sata are essentially same cable and I never have any trouble accessing my external drive with an esata cable. I'm pretty sure that as long as its formatted the right way the comp would recognize it.
     
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    If it was an external drive then it would not have been a problem but I was talking about a XBox 360 hd dvd drive.
     
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    oh lol my bad I misread your op and though you were talking about a 360 hd...
     
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    Did you tried the dvd drive of x-box to your laptop via e-sata?
     
    spradhan01, Sep 17, 2010
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