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    G51Jx sata port multiplier?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Richard60, Feb 5, 2011.

  1. Richard60

    Richard60 Newbie

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    I have a Sharkoon docking station Quickport duo. It can contain 2 sata hdd's and had one esata output and one usb output. When I connent the esata tot my notebook with esata only one hdd is visible. Does the G51Jx has a sata port multiplier? Wich one?
     
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    AFAIK the G51Jx esata port's controller is not able to do port multiplication so that would explain why you only see one device.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Feb 6, 2011
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    vwrafi Notebook Consultant

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    I have got G51VX and it has got the same SATA controller as yours ( ICH9M-E ). Unfortunatelly, I bought eSATA RAID0 and RAID1 HDD enclosure ( CEB-2235S ) and it does not work for me in DUAL or RAID 0 mode. It is based on SIL5744 chipset and it does not work with our controller ICH9M-E via eSATA. Our ICH9M-E does not allowed port multiplying.

    So that was the answer for your question.

    I have did RAID0 inside my computer ( 2 x 320GB HDD ). Below is a screenshot from HD Tune. Does my performance looks good ( min 66.2MB/s , max 170.3MB/s , average 130MB/s , acces time 16.9ms ) ?

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    vwrafi, Feb 7, 2011
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    I have a $5 2-port eSATA expresscard that does RAID 0/1. That's probably the best solution...
     
    ALLurGroceries, Feb 7, 2011
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