SATA ESATA port cable plug question

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ItsMeJTO

Discussion Starter · Dec 22, 2006

Could an SATA Ghuru please explain what type of plug/cable is required to fit the external sata port on the HR20. It seems to be flat without the "J" and none of my sata cables fit. Is there such a thing as an external sata plug.
-john-

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jgriffin104

· #2 · Dec 22, 2006

ItsMeJTO said:
Could an SATA Ghuru please explain what type of plug/cable is required to fit the external sata port on the HR20. It seems to be flat without the "J" and none of my sata cables fit. Is there such a thing as an external sata plug.
-john-

You need an Esata to Sata cable. Try Fry's or Ebay.

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ItsMeJTO

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 22, 2006

jgriffin104 said:
You need an Esata to Sata cable. Try Fry's or Ebay.

Hm !! , oh well, wonder why " THEY " used a different connector to the ones on the drives and motherboards, especially when they are a little hard to find, especially locally. Thanks for the info, I learned something new today again ...

-john-

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P Smith

· #4 · Dec 22, 2006

Wondereing ? Then read eSATA standard and you'll find why the connector if different. There was a link in eSATA thread.

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ItsMeJTO

Discussion Starter · #5 · Dec 22, 2006

P Smith said:
Wondereing ? Then read eSATA standard and you'll find why the connector if different. There was a link in eSATA thread.

Oh I'm sure there is, seem to remeber that one is stronger than the other, designed for frequent use, which is fine as long as I know now what the difference is, shame most of the sellers on ebay don't know the differences either.

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P Smith

· #6 · Dec 22, 2006

You got it right, make me wondering now why you did ask

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ItsMeJTO

Discussion Starter · #7 · Dec 22, 2006

P Smith said:
You got it right, make me wondering now why you did ask .

I asked because I wasn't aware there was a difference till I tried to use an sata cable, obviosly now, it was meant for an internal device. Thanks for the help though ............. oh I forgot, you didn't did you.

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P Smith

· #8 · Dec 22, 2006

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Tarheel115

· #9 · Apr 11, 2007

Long time reader New poster....I'm adding the seagate 750gb external drive to my hr-20..I need the correct cable to hook it up..Frys.com has esata to sata cables ..Is this what I need ?? Sorry new poster I can't provide link to web site..Thanks for your help..

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Tom Robertson

· #10 · Apr 11, 2007

Welcome to the forums, tarheel115! :welcome_s

You want an eSATA to eSATA cable. I got mine at amazon, but many places including frys will have it.

Cheers,
Tom

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Tarheel115

· #11 · Apr 11, 2007

Tom Robertson said:
Welcome to the forums, tarheel115! :welcome_s

You want an eSATA to eSATA cable. I got mine at amazon, but many places including frys will have it.

Cheers,
Tom

eSata to eSata Thanks Tom

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GollyGee

· #12 · Apr 13, 2007

FYI, SATA and eSATA are very nearly the same thing.

The an eSATA cable is thicker (more shielding), which allows a maximum length of 2 meters (max length of plain old SATA is of 1 meter). The connector is different. The pin-out is exactly the same, but the internal SATA cable connection was only designed to withstand 50 insertions, which isn't robust enough for an external connection.

eSATA cable = thicker, more robust connector on each end.

Maybe you didn't need to know all that...

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Tarheel115

· #13 · Apr 15, 2007

GollyGee said:
FYI, SATA and eSATA are very nearly the same thing.

The an eSATA cable is thicker (more shielding), which allows a maximum length of 2 meters (max length of plain old SATA is of 1 meter). The connector is different. The pin-out is exactly the same, but the internal SATA cable connection was only designed to withstand 50 insertions, which isn't robust enough for an external connection.

eSATA cable = thicker, more robust connector on each end.

Maybe you didn't need to know all that...

Good info..I just wanted to get the correct cable that will fit the back of the hr-20 and the seagate external hard drive Thanks

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