Chuck(G)
25k Member
This has got me wondering.
I have an external drive box with a 2TB WD SATA drive in it. If I connect it to my system with a stanard SATA cable, it works fine.
Peachy, says I--Let's make it a little nicer and use a bulkhead eSATA-to-SATA adapter cable on the box and then use either an eSATA-to-eSATA or eSATA-to-SATA cable to connect things up.
So I ordered some cheap Chinese cables that appear to look just like everyone else's cables.
Plug it together--nothing doing. The system doesn't see the drive when wired with an eSATA-to-SATA cable. I've also got a Fantom 1TB external USB/eSATA drive, so I tried that using the same eSATA to SATA cable. Nothing. I've got three of these cables and all work identically--nothing happens.
Is there some sort of generic flaw in these cables? If so, how can I find a good one?
I have an external drive box with a 2TB WD SATA drive in it. If I connect it to my system with a stanard SATA cable, it works fine.
Peachy, says I--Let's make it a little nicer and use a bulkhead eSATA-to-SATA adapter cable on the box and then use either an eSATA-to-eSATA or eSATA-to-SATA cable to connect things up.
So I ordered some cheap Chinese cables that appear to look just like everyone else's cables.
Plug it together--nothing doing. The system doesn't see the drive when wired with an eSATA-to-SATA cable. I've also got a Fantom 1TB external USB/eSATA drive, so I tried that using the same eSATA to SATA cable. Nothing. I've got three of these cables and all work identically--nothing happens.
Is there some sort of generic flaw in these cables? If so, how can I find a good one?