Does it come with the eSata cable?
643005
It does come with an esata cable as well as a USB cable. I have been using mine daily for about 6 months and has worked flawless. Great product.
404781
The USB 3.0 chip-set supports sATA, so, no they are internal sATA ports for expansion drives not pass through for the EsATA.
924796
Yes, the special design of eSATA cable. It can be hooked on between DS and DX513 and prevent connection lost...
769141
I didn't notice the claim in the specs before purchasing but it absolutely does not have eSATA on my two that I just received in the last month. I don't need it so not a concern for me and the quality of the case is phenomenal so if you need eSATA, unfortunately you are out of luck but if not, this case is great.
56655
The cable has a standard USB connector on one end and eSata on the other. It is a 2-way path and I am using it for an external hard drive backup. It should work in your configuration.
375230
Yes it does, and it actually includes a cable for that kind of installation .Cheers
2225862
No. power is provided via USB 2.0 connection when using eSATA. All cables are supplied.
1365154
Yes... It says this in the specs too. In fact the package includes both the USB _and_ eSata cables.
2197357
Yes. The thing comes with 12V power supply (very crappy - mine gone dead in half hour), and for eSATA you have to use it regardless the size of the drive(s) attached.
801574
We've connected this cable with an USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter and it works great. Of course you need to have the HD powered.
145102
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same problem -- can't use the enclosure with eSATA connection. And if I plug in both eSATA and USB, which port does the actual data transfer??
1768772
Maybe? I am using a laptop that has powered eSata port, and I'm using an eSatap cable that I got from Amazon, separate from the enclosure. Sounds like you have a similar setup. otherwise you will probably have to power the device from USB, but be connected to eSata first and perhaps the connection will be established on eSata. This is how some other enclosures function.
145101
I was wondering the same question, and did think about your answer too, and I realised this has to be the case, even though I haven't received the enclosure yet, it doesn't look like it has a power input. So I take it that I can safely buy any eSata cable...
1415953
No, see http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-sata-and-esata/
1563349
No it is USB and eSATA but many ethernet routers and switches have one of these connections.
81038
Yes. It comes with power supply, USB 3.0 cable and eSata cable. I don't believe it had a usb 2.0 cable but I have plenty of those.
1464922
No. That is up to you. All the functions work from USB except the eSATA jack on the front. You do not need to use it.