esata/usb combo port

does this mean we can use this port as a esata port and a usb port?

or it means the port is made usb turned into a esata port so u can no longer plug in usb drive into the port?

i just never figure out how to plug usb drive into this esata usb combo port.

i have a asus f3SA laptop which ahs the esata usb port

 

I have seem this port on the HP dv3000 before. I think it means that you can use either device with it. Obviously not both at the same time, but it can be used as a USB port and an ESATA port.

 

but I just can't plug a usb plug into the esata/usb port.

Have you tried plugging in usb plug into it?

 

really? maybe its not a combo slot than. if its usb/esata it should take both. are you plugging in the right end of the usb cable lol?

 

i am not that stupid ....lol

i think by usb/esata port they mean a usb port transformed into a esata port
or something like that

i saw a laptop very very similar to mine and it has a usb port at exactly where i have my esata port.

I have f3sa a2...from asus...the similar laptop is F3SV-X1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220297

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220163

 

is this really true? or i am just too stupid to plug it in...can somebody confirm me?

 

You are supposed to be able to use it as both a USB port and a eSATA port.

 

supposed to...but i can't that's the problem...have u tried it?

 

Well, I have an eSata port and past fumbling in the dark I know that you can't plug the USB into the Sata port. Not sure how you would configure a port for seven pins to contact a four pin USB connector?

Does this require an adapter?

 

Does it look like this?

http://1toppc.com/Merchant2/images/Notebook/Asus/M50/comboport.jpg

 

Close. It appears that you have a cut out to allow the USB, square, to mate. If possible you would have to flip USB upside down to to allow contacts on both sides of the jack? I could not see from picture.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220297

this is my laptop

my port doesn't look like that


It looks like this

http://www.adrive.com/public/da15078cd6a941b8f56f30117be20c0fef9a3f58a7114b9112148d1829213744.html

 

Just kind of eye the rectangle part sticking out of the combo port to see if it's narrow enough to fit inside the usb connector. From your pic, it looks like it should fit. Maybe upside down? lol.

 

Here's what my ESATA/USB combo looks like on the Dell E6400 (lower port). I can't really make out what the connection looks like in your pic, but you can compare yours with the one pictured below. I remember my Asus M50 also had an ESATA/USB port, and like the one in my Dell, plugging in USB devices are often more difficult and requires a little more force than normal.

 

See my updates at http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=349325 for some cables and adapters that appear to support this port.

 

Maybe the USB part in the USB/eSATA combo is just for power? As far as I know the eSATA is just for data transfer. So this would do its job with a cable less

 

No - the port can certainly be used for either full USB or eSATA, at least on the Latitude E6500. It has 4 fully functioning USB ports, the one of which is shared with an eSATA port. Up until now, it seemed impossible to use the eSATA portion and any part of the USB (power and/or data) at the same time - other than for Dell's External E-Modular Bay. Now we're beginning to see more and better options!

 

USB Port Pinout

1 Red 5 Volt 2 White Data - 3 Green Data + 4 Black Ground​

The e-sata/usb combo port has 7 SATA pins on the top row, and the 4 USB pins are in the hole inserts. The cable that would connect to it would runs wires from the e-sata port, plus pin 1 and 4 of the USB to provide powered sata to the other end in a single cable, as newmodeus' eSATA-USB combo port cable kit provides.

 

having the same problem, cannot see the external hard drive through esata port?

 

The OPS problem was not being able to use a USB drive through the eSATA/USB Combo port, do you have a combo port or not and are you using esata or usb (on the combo of course).

If your having a problem with either its really its own issue, either it works or its not. Its not working seek advice in a new thread on your drive not working through your particular interface on your particular os driver setup. More likley to get the problem solved that way.

 

Which notebook? Which HD? How are you providing power? What HDD access mode? (I believe if you have set the access mode to IDE then you can't use eSATA.) If your notebook as an Intel chipset, install Version 8.8 of the intel Matrix Storage Manager.

John

 

Are you sure?

As far as I know, the esata/usb combo port are 2 seperate port. There's even deivces which take advantage of this dual port capabilities. E.g. SATA flashdrive which taps the USB power.

 

Year old post and A USB eSATA COMBO PORT is 1 port like this If its 2 seperate ports its not a combo port.

 

I think we mean that the single port will support both USB and eSATA operating separately. What has now arrived are plugs that connect to both at the same time.

John

 

That I had not seen, so my bad, and while makes sense I will follow up with this. One would not normally (without seeing this adapter) assume that he could use a port that is physically in use already.

Its kinda like me trying to use my single bay card reader for MS and SD at the same time, it might work (probably not due to it only addresses one at a time) with a funky adatper, but its not something someone would expect.

Its a shame myne isnt a combo there I could have a 5th usb port! As I would only think 50% of the eSATA sporting laptops actually have a combo port, it would be a bad idea to design deviced the directly use combo ports only. Via an adapter would be cool cause you could still use that device with seperate ports, course they can include an adapter for that as well.

 

e.g. http://www.ao-lab.com/product_esata.html

 

mine too also look like this.

 

If MS and SD use separate contacts in the slot then you could have a special MS/SD card which uses both at the same time. This would be the equivalent of our combo port. The USB and eSATA contacts are physically separated.

John

 

The reason I say that wouldn't work is because while the contacts are seperate is because it would still require a separate controller. I am not sure of the interface but many computers do it over usb. I have a Multi Port card reader over usb that only reads one at a time. Though they could have made a model that does more than one, they would not be likely todo that on a single bay reader.


It makes alot more sense that the usb and esata ports work separately as they are entirley separate on the inside. Just never thought about an adapter. Your average person will see the port as blocked and unusable.

 

My cardreader is PCI-E based, infact 2 of them on my netbook.

 

about this esata/usb combo port, YES, u can either use usb or esata. i have try it to plug in usb, n it works!

btw the top side is esata, whereas the bottom side is usb interface..

 

John when you get around to reading the replies, probably should lock this lol.
People are still rushing in here to read about a post from June of 2008.

 

Well, maybe they still find it relevant. People are starting to discover eSATA.

Anyway, since we have two parallel threads running at the moment, let's continue in the other slightly newer one.

John