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    Esata limitations?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Laptopz, Jun 16, 2010.

  1. Laptopz

    Laptopz Notebook Consultant

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    Hi!

    I just bought this dock:
    Welcome to BYTECC
    and it's working fine (so fair). The only problem is that my computer can only read/detect 2 hard drives when it is connected through USB. When I connect it through Esata, it can only see 1 hard drive.

    Does anyone know if this is just a limitation to esata? :confused:
     
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  2. woofer00

    woofer00 Wanderer

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    It's a limitation of your eSATA port. To see both drives you'd need a laptop with a port that can act as a port multiplier. The dock doesn't act as a multiplier for you.

    Note: I learned this by reading the manual on the page you linked.
     
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  3. Laptopz

    Laptopz Notebook Consultant

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    Ohh... :eek:
    Haha, thanks :D
     
    Laptopz, Jun 16, 2010
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