Freecom Hard Drive Pro 500Gb - eSATA Card Info

[joe90]

Tried two cards with this external USB 2.0/eSATA hard disk drive -
both from:

www.misco.co.uk

1. Lacie 2x port PCI 150 card costing about 20 UKP

http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=10807

2. Adaptec 2x port 1225SA PCI-EXPRESS 300 card costing about 43 UKP

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/sata_tech/entry/AAR-1225SA/

The drive didn't work with the Lacie card but works fine with the
Adaptec one. Apparently a rare case of 'you gets what you pay for'.

I am posting this to save somebody else all the hassle and mileage
I've had recently. How I wish Freecom would post on their site the
cards that have been tested and work with their external eSATA drives.
Would save everyone a lot of bother.

But, of course, that might be asking too much.

 

[Rod Speed]

Tried two cards with this external USB 2.0/eSATA hard disk drive -
both from:

www.misco.co.uk

1. Lacie 2x port PCI 150 card costing about 20 UKP

http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=10807

2. Adaptec 2x port 1225SA PCI-EXPRESS 300 card costing about 43 UKP

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/sata_tech/entry/AAR-1225SA/

The drive didn't work with the Lacie card but works fine with the
Adaptec one. Apparently a rare case of 'you gets what you pay for'.

I am posting this to save somebody else all the hassle and mileage
I've had recently. How I wish Freecom would post on their site the
cards that have been tested and work with their external eSATA drives.
Would save everyone a lot of bother.

There's a standard for a reason.

But, of course, that might be asking too much.

Yep, there's a standard for a reason.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Tried two cards with this external USB 2.0/eSATA hard disk drive -
both from:

1. Lacie 2x port PCI 150 card costing about 20 UKP

2. Adaptec 2x port 1225SA PCI-EXPRESS 300 card costing about 43 UKP

The drive didn't work with the Lacie card but works fine with the
Adaptec one. Apparently a rare case of 'you gets what you pay for'.

I am posting this to save somebody else all the hassle and mileage
I've had recently. How I wish Freecom would post on their site the
cards that have been tested and work with their external eSATA drives.
Would save everyone a lot of bother.

But, of course, that might be asking too much.

Since eSATA should only put the disk's signals through, are you
sure the non-working card works at all? I would guess this
is not an issue on the LaChie side at all.

Arno

 

[FrankFL]

Tried two cards with this external USB 2.0/eSATA hard disk drive -
both from:

www.misco.co.uk

1. Lacie 2x port PCI 150 card costing about 20 UKP

http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=10807

2. Adaptec 2x port 1225SA PCI-EXPRESS 300 card costing about 43 UKP

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/sata_tech/entry/AAR-1225SA/

The drive didn't work with the Lacie card but works fine with the
Adaptec one. Apparently a rare case of 'you gets what you pay for'.

I am posting this to save somebody else all the hassle and mileage
I've had recently. How I wish Freecom would post on their site the
cards that have been tested and work with their external eSATA drives.
Would save everyone a lot of bother.

But, of course, that might be asking too much.

There is a jumper on some SATA drives that control the 150 or 300
interface.
Example:
http://www.seagate.com/images/support/en/us/cuda_sata_block.gif