Jambo
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Ok bear with me with this thread, im not a geek and dont know the techy terms so will describe best i can!
Came with a Saati? connection so i undid the case, there were 2 possible connections, plugged it into the left hand one.
Did case back up etc...
Plugged power in didnt recognize it  Like it wasnt there, no error messages of sorts.
Then noticed it was USB compatible so plugged that in and it worked 
Any reason the Saati one didnt work??
Is there a benefit to using it?
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chris_uk
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sata?
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Jambo
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lol thats the one!
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Jamescorsa97
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LOL jambob
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Richie
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Probably need to install SATA drivers for your system or enable SATA in the BIOS.
You got any uninstalled devices in device manager?
Did you try the other SATA port? Some SATA ports are for RAID configs only.
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Jambo
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its not a problem to use USB just wondered if there was an advantage? Theres i disk i have just found i will install the drivers 
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Jamescorsa97
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Depends what your using the HDD for?
Its for everyday use and simple tasks liek storage you won't notice much difference.
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Jambo
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well my idea was to transfer my itunes and all music/pictures onto it.
Is it speed the difference then?
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ed
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USB = slow in comparison to SATA II interface...
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Jambo
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Nice one ed
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ed
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USB 2.0 is 480Mbits/second where as dependant of your computer and disk you can get up to 3.0Gbits/second on SATA...
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Jambo
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just popped the disk in and its only got the driver for Windows 98 
Poop.
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John
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Is this an external drive I take it, if it plugs in via usb I doubt it has sata.
Maybe esata but you don't open the case for that.
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Jambo
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yes its external John. I plugged a sata cable to the mother board, the port at the back says SATA not esata.
Trying to find the driver online
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Richie
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You plank Jambo 
Its an E-SATA port.... the E stands for external....
[Edited on 30-12-2007 by Richie]
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Jambo
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Jambo
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probably wont help but heres some pics 
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John
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Can't see properly in the picture but that'll be esata, there would be no reason to have a normal sata port on an external enclosure.
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John
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And when you had it plugged into the sata on the motherboard did you have the power adapter plugged into the drive?
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Jambo
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yeah, power on, LEDs all lit up, but didnt register on the pc
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