Is it Possible to Convert an internal SATA to an eSATA?

[azsilver]

Question?

Is is possible to convert an internal SATA 3Gb/s to an eSATA?

I am looking at Motherboards for my new computer build. Several Motherboards I am interested in do not have eSATA.

I have found many Motherboards with Intel chip sets with on board eSATA also use DDR3 RAM. But When I look at other Motherboards that use DDR2 they do not have eSATA. One example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284

I was hoping to use DDR2 RAM and have eSATA as well.

Thanks for you help!

Ruth

[strmrdr]

only if there is bios support for it and many do.
Read the manual for the motherboard.
You will need a header for it.

[strmrdr]

Header:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186055&
Note this only works right if the bios supports it.

[strmrdr]

If the motherboard does not support it then you need one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132014

[tim]

I thought you could just plug an internal SATA port into the header, then from the back of the PC into an SATA drive. Is that not right?

[Tony-S]

I thought you could just plug an internal SATA port into the header, then from the back of the PC into an SATA drive. Is that not right?

That's my understanding too. In fact, that's one of the principles of SATA that makes it so attractive. You just need an iSATA cable to eSATA port (http://www.startech.com/item/ESATAPLT1LP-1-ft-eSATA-Data-Internal-to-External-Slot-Low-Profile-Plate.aspx).

[Quad]

My last two personal builds have both had eSATA ports and have used DDR2 so I am not sure why you cannot find motherboards with those two features.

I have also used the eSATA adapters that Tony-S mentions and that has worked as well. I have also used a small SATA to eSATA wire that works like an adapter for different sized plugs.

[strmrdr]

I thought you could just plug an internal SATA port into the header, then from the back of the PC into an SATA drive. Is that not right?
as long as you never hot swap it that is ok.
Hot swapping without the esata support turned on can cause data corruption.
The basic difference is that the controllers cache is turned off on esata.
Write verification is also turned on.
Another difference is that it flips the safe to disconnect utility to on in windows for the drive.

[Zepher]

Just bought this board last week, has eSATA and DDR2. I use it to watch movies with.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131348&Tpk=asus%20hdmi%209300
this isn't an Intel Chipset though.

My Main machine is an Intel P45 board with eSATA bracket and DDR2.
Asus P5Q Pro,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131299

[mehran.mo]

Yea the people above who said that you can connect the esata using a sata header are right. I have done it before and I can guarantee it works.

[Faolan]

Antec Veris MX-1:

http://www.antec.com/usa/productDetails.php?lan=us&id=77150

Comes with a free backplane converter and for the price it's hard to beat. I use them to try and recover data from infected/corrupted drives.

[OdiN1701]

Yes you can always connect via a header as long as you don't hot-swap. If you want to hot-swap then the motherboard needs to support it, as does the enclosure you are using.