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    Can't get eSATA to work

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by thegooch69, Apr 1, 2008.

  1. thegooch69

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    Have you looked in the manual?

    My Enclosure for my internal drive also has Sata/usb/e-sata feature, on the enclosure itself it has a switch that you flick saying USB-SATA/E-SATA. check to see if yours has one or not too.

    Hope this helps
     
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    Yes it has one, and yes it is flipped to eSATA, still nothing. I am guessing maybe there are drivers that are missing? Just not sure how to check and where to get them if I need them. The enclosure comes with drivers but it's only for USB. The manual says eSATA should be plug n play.
     
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    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Does it show up in hardware manager? Have you changed your OS or did a clean install? Can you find a second machine to rule out a bad interface?

    FWIW my seagate always mounts, no problems other than write speeds.
     
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    A negative to all of those questions. It's very odd.
     
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    You could also have a bum cable. Try to find a computer shop of friend that has the SATA interface to check it out. I have had bad cases from newegg so you can't rule that out.
     
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