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    Esata fix yet?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Misconduct, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. Misconduct

    Misconduct Notebook Consultant

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    Was reading various forums and did not find an answer to why the ESata does not work, any answers on this yet?
     
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    MY eSATA doesn't work if I try to boot from it when I already have a RAID 0 setup (in other words, I have RAID 0, but I connect a 3rd HD to the eSATA port and that 3rd HD has an installed OS, it won't boot from the 3rd HDs OS).

    I can't recall if my eSATA port works after booting from the RAID 0 config and plugging in the external HD when Windows Vista is loaded. I'll have to check.
     
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  3. Diablo

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    my esata works fine. i use it to connect my 1TB external drive.
     
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    I have a 500GB Western Digital and 1TB Western digital ES external Drive, and tried 2 different eSata cables to connect them and neither work, I went on the WD website, says not to use the L-shaped Esata (for internal drives) and I have both type of esata cables, neither work right now, The books work in USB but trying to get my eSata working.
     
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  5. N00d13s

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    i haven't had to use mine in about 4-5 months, but when i did it worked fine.
     
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  6. Diablo

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    what drivers are listed in device manager under storage controllers?

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    the silicon image driver is the one that got my esata working after i re-installed vista. got it off of windows update.
     
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    I have under Storage Controllers -
    Microsoft ISCSI Initiator
    O2Micro Integrated MMC/SD controller
    O2Micro Integrated MS/MSPRO/xD Controller

    thats all!
     
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  8. Diablo

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    here is a link to the driver listing on windows update website.
     
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  9. iaTa

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    Nice link ;)
     
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    nice guide :D
     
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  11. Misconduct

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    got the drivers installed, rebooted - have a "hardware can't start" and yellow ?
    next to my silicon image controller.

    I don't have the intel controller i wonder if thats the issues
     
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  12. Diablo

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    you have the chipset drivers installed, correct? if not, look up in the 'Ultimate nVidia driver upgrade guide' and follow the link for the chipset drivers.

    the only other thing i can think of is perhaps something with the matrix storage manager.
     
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  13. Misconduct

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    now I have Intel(R) Ich9m-e/m sata AHCI controller
    but its under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, not Storage Controllers

    still does not pick up my e-sata
     
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    the only other thing i can tell you is to unplug the the esata drive, reboot, and swap the sides of the cable thats plugged into the laptop (its worked for me before)

    has the drive been marked as active under logical disk management?
     
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    I don't think the 7811 uses the SiI 3531 controller. Hold on I'll check my 7811...
     
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    No it doesn't, i tried to install, and deleted drivers out of safe mode
     
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    same here on the 7805u
     
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    That is the hw esata controller. Go to intel.com and download the chipset ich9-e/m software driver which will enable esata port.

    Check also if your intel storage matrix is installed properly.
     
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    I did this, still no dice - its possible the WD Premium ES is not working right, but I have 2 - and neither are being picked up.
     
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    Esata works fine on my 7805 and the 7811 that preceded it. It works off the Intel southbridge on both and should be working just by installing Intel chipset drivers and maybe the matrix storage drivers.
     
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  22. Misconduct

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    Ah I tried everything on 64bit, even formatted C and installed 32 bit, all drivers up to date and working - still doesn't work.

    Western Digital SUCKS.
     
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    Perhaps folks could post brands of esata drives which are working with 7811 or other Gateways?
     
    waynet, Dec 31, 2008
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    My eSata works perfectly, I usually get all of my drivers from Windows Update whenever I do a clean install.
     
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    WD 500 GB my book home edition.
     
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    WD 1TB My book in an antec MX-1 external case. (actively cooled and esata)
     
    Diablo, Dec 31, 2008
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