looking for 1 port ESATA pci express X1 card

[hclarkjr]

thanx

 

[hennessy1]

It is 2 port but I use this brand alot and recommend them. NORCO-4627.

 

[MyLeftNut]

I think any of the ones you can find on ebay with a silicon image chip should generally be good for that purpose.

 

[hclarkjr]

bought this pretty much what i need.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
bought this pretty much what i need.

I haven't used that particular Silicon Image chip. Do the SATA drivers for that chip give you the option to "Safely Remove" a disk attached to that eSATA port? Thanks.

Edit:
Sorry, I didn't realize you were the orignal poster. Obviously you haven't tried this card yet. I've had good luck with Silicon Image SATA chips, but the way they work, as issued, they don't give a "safely remove" option. Windows thinks the attached SATA drive is a "permanent" drive and won't be removed. As long as the writes are complete before you yank the drive, all should be well.

Others on this forum have also point to third-party software that will offer a "Safely Remove" option for eSATA controllers that don't offer that natively.

 

[hclarkjr]

i will let you know when i get everything and install it.

 

[hclarkjr]

when i install this card will i have to switch to AHCI mode to use it? i am currently in IDE mode.

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: hclarkjr
when i install this card will i have to switch to AHCI mode to use it? i am currently in IDE mode.

Assuming this controller is for a separate disk for removable storage, then "No". It has its own BIOS extension and is independent of any of your main BIOS settings.

 

[hclarkjr]

well everything arrived today, esata did not impress me. i averaged only 16-18 mb\sec with it. i then tried the USB2 connection on the MX-1 and got 20-22 mb\sec with it. is there some setting i am missing for esata? i let vista install the driver for it. is that a mistake? i tranfered over 15gb of files in both cases.

 

[neodoc]

put latest drivers from silicon image.i also had same issue.i was about to rma drive.but upgrading drivers helped.

i am using jmicron expresscard for laptop under windows 7

 

[hclarkjr]

found my problem, i needed to enable advanced performance in device manager. that solved it.

 

[hclarkjr]

Others on this forum have also point to third-party software that will offer a "Safely Remove" option for eSATA controllers that don't offer that natively.

what is the name of this software?