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    eSata II on G1S?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by orbitalxp, Sep 10, 2007.

  1. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it possible to connect an external hard drive eSataII on G1S?

    I know there's a eSata port, but I don't know if it's an eSata2

    thank you.
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 10, 2007
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  2. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    I don't know for Esata but SATA II drives work on SATA 1 port. They will just run with SATA 1 speed
     
    JCMS, Sep 10, 2007
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    Cancer777 Notebook Evangelist

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    I dont think theres esata2 yet ... maybe (if its an enclosure) it means i has esata conection for sata II drives???
     
    Cancer777, Sep 10, 2007
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  4. orbitalxp

    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think that we can connect an eSata II drive, but it will run at eSata I speed, as JCMS said.

    I read that the eSataII motherboard are very rare for the moment.
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 11, 2007
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    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Esata is compatiable with SataII and SataI, It will run at 300mbps. Esata by design is Sata/300
     
    matt_h1, Sep 11, 2007
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    orbitalxp Notebook Enthusiast

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    fine thank you.
     
    orbitalxp, Sep 11, 2007
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    ez2remember Notebook Evangelist

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    Just note no current hard disk is fast enough for the esata/esataII interface to become a bottleneck so you're not reducing performance.
     
    ez2remember, Sep 11, 2007
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