Hi all,<BR><BR>I have a mix of 9 WD 1.0 and 1.5TB drives, plus one SATA optical drive that I'd like to get online in my file server. <BR><BR>The motherboard is an Intel DG33TLM, with 5 onboard ...

SATA has become the ubiquitous connection to hard drives in both laptops and desktop PCs. SATA is available in two basic forms, internal and external (eSATA). Both forms use seven conductor cables ...

We'll dive straight into our read tests. Remember that we're using two different models of SATA and IDE drive. Interestingly, the IDE drive performed better in our tests, although the SATA drive was ...

If you love your SATA, set it free with Kurouto Shikou's PS3-eSATA, a SATA/eSATA adapter that allegedly allows the user to pug third-party hard drives into Sony's behemoth without fuss; you can ever ...

I recently decided to start using an external SATA hard drive to back up some of my data. After doing some online research, I bought a Vantec NexStar 3 enclosure and Seagate 320GB 7200.10 hard ...

Brace yourself: there are good odds another port will start popping up on PCs soon. This one is for eSATA, an external version of the technology that's used to connect hard drives inside the PC ...

While not quite having reached the “dime a dozen” category, external hard drives have certainly proliferated over the past few years. The concept is simple: take a drive that normally has an ...

No magic here, just a CS8818 USB 2.0-to-IDE bridge and a power supply. The SATA-to-eSATA interface doesn't require any bridging, although it does need power for the drive. This makes the SATA-to-eSATA ...