Need help with SATA external drive

[mbelli]

I'm going nuts here!!!

I just bought a SATA external enclosure and attached a new 320G SATA
drive in it. I try to attach the enclosure/drive to the back on my PC
with the cable that came with the enclosure, but I can't insert it.
It's slightly different

Are there different SATA connectors? I have an ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
with an eSATA slot in the back. Does anyone know what kind of connector
is needed to go from it, to a SATA enclosure?

Any help appreciated!!

 

[Anna]

I'm going nuts here!!!

I just bought a SATA external enclosure and attached a new 320G SATA
drive in it. I try to attach the enclosure/drive to the back on my PC
with the cable that came with the enclosure, but I can't insert it.
It's slightly different

Are there different SATA connectors? I have an ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
with an eSATA slot in the back. Does anyone know what kind of connector
is needed to go from it, to a SATA enclosure?

Any help appreciated!!

mbelli:
Assuming this is a direct SATA-to-SATA connection - which it certainly
sounds like - you need a SATA data cable with a eSATA connector on one end
to plug into your eSATA port on the computer. The other end connector
depends upon whether your SATA enclosure *also* has a eSATA port or a
"regular" SATA (non-eSATA) port.
Anna

 

[Timothy Daniels]

mbelli:
Assuming this is a direct SATA-to-SATA connection - which it certainly
sounds like - you need a SATA data cable with a eSATA connector on one
end to plug into your eSATA port on the computer. The other end connector
depends upon whether your SATA enclosure *also* has a eSATA port or a
"regular" SATA (non-eSATA) port.
Anna

Check out these web pages:
http://www.firewire-1394.com/sata-cables-shielded.htm - cables
http://www.firewire-1394.com/sata-products.htm - adapters
http://www.firewire-1394.com/external-sata-solutions.htm - eSATA goodies

*TimDaniels*