Anyone use eSata

If where how do you power the drive? My mobo has it its just a connector for an external serial ata cable from what I can see but there is nowhere on the IO plate to power the drive.
When sata first come out boards used to come with adapters which could turn 2 sata ports internally to external and this adapter had a standard male molex adapter attached and came with female to female molex cable to power the drive (this was before drives had the new power fitting but can be adapted anyway) Ive found enclosures that power the drive and give esata connectivity is this the only way without routing a cable out the back of the case

Does it take the power from the one connector or is there an external power adapter??

They are just standard sata connections afaik

[The Jackal]

Dunno mate I've only once ever seen a sata drive in the flesh be4 LOL. (when I helped build someone's pc) cant remember much about it but I do remember the connectors being flimsy.

Interested in what you can find out though as I'd like/HAVE to do this soon.

[greencreeper]

I read the title as "ESanta" and thought it sounded interesting. Tiredness huh

Methinks you'll need an external power source - the black chunky plug type.

[The Jackal]

Maybe it'll be better to find a cheap enclosure cheaper than these :

http://www.span.com/catalog/product_...oducts_id=4150

http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/satakits.php

Think if im gonna bother ill link some molex extensions though a pci slot in the case.Ive used old hard drive cradles out of cases for external drives in the past dont think I want to spend cash on a enclosure

[The Jackal]

Is this what u want ?

http://www.usb-ware.com/sata-data-power-adapter.htm

This is it me thinks

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...roductID=11975

[greencreeper]

Maplin might have a kit where you can build one yourself - two bent paperclips and a couple of resistors later, and hey presto. That sort of thing. Not necessarily the enclosure but a means to convert AC to DC, lower the voltage, and provide a Molex connector.

Just a thought

Originally Posted by CrC-3rr0r

Is this what u want ?

http://www.usb-ware.com/sata-data-power-adapter.htm

tbh what I want really is something fitted to the IO to allow a connection for the drive. Its all well and good fitting the esata to the mobo but no way of powering the drive without a 3rd party componant. Yeah its cool if you want to buy an enclosure or route cables but it would be better if you could just use the drives

now your edited link looks interesting but this is very similar to what they used to provide a couple of years ago routing internal to external. esata is a connector on the mobo that sits on the IO and is accessable from the back of the case with no means to power a drive.

attached picture of what they used to give ya

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

now your edited link looks interesting but this is very similar to what they used to provide a couple of years ago routing internal to external. esata is a connector on the mobo that sits on the IO and is accessable from the back of the case with no means to power a drive.

Cool ! Learn something new everyday I'll shut up and RTFM

[The Jackal]

Oh zing this is the GORGEOUS also note the esata connector along with power

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1027/2

Thermaltake Mozart TX takes 2 mobos ! so you can run 2 systems

Secondary board is mini-itx but you can get conroe mini-itx boards so no worries.

it does what with the what now? why ? lol

[The Jackal]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

it does what with the what now? why ? lol

Yeh forget that case I'm going for the mountain mods with a retractable LCD touchscreen.