External SATA hard drives

alkala · 10-24-2005, 03:57 PM

Going slightly insane here... but a simple question, is it possible to use Serial ATA hard drives as external without an external enclosure for them?

As far as I understand, Serial ATA is hot swappable without needing the support of an external enclosure like IDE, but there doesn't seem to be a realistic way of getting power to an external drive without having to go through an enclosure.

Also, I found this when I was looking for an internal to external card; http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-...-external.htm,
but for the life of me I can't find a cable that would allow me to use the power port on that.

Thanks in Advance.

Edit: umm, meant to post this in buying/upgrading forum but won't let me delete it to repost

RicoDirenzo · 10-24-2005, 09:03 PM

Serial ATA's drives do not run to USB/SCSI. They are controlled by the onboard bios of your Mobo. If you ran a long Sata cable from your mobo somehow to an external "box" of some kind???? Why in the world would you want to do this??? External drives, whether SCSI or USB are not mountalbe drives anyway. ????????? What are you trying to do here?

Here's the dope: http://www.barefeats.com/hard41.html

10-24-2005, 03:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
alkala Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 15	External SATA hard drives Going slightly insane here... but a simple question, is it possible to use Serial ATA hard drives as external without an external enclosure for them? As far as I understand, Serial ATA is hot swappable without needing the support of an external enclosure like IDE, but there doesn't seem to be a realistic way of getting power to an external drive without having to go through an enclosure. Also, I found this when I was looking for an internal to external card; http://www.cwol.com/serial-ata/sata-...-external.htm, but for the life of me I can't find a cable that would allow me to use the power port on that. Thanks in Advance. Edit: umm, meant to post this in buying/upgrading forum but won't let me delete it to repost

10-24-2005, 09:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
RicoDirenzo Master Techie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,068	Serial ATA's drives do not run to USB/SCSI. They are controlled by the onboard bios of your Mobo. If you ran a long Sata cable from your mobo somehow to an external "box" of some kind???? Why in the world would you want to do this??? External drives, whether SCSI or USB are not mountalbe drives anyway. ????????? What are you trying to do here? Here's the dope: http://www.barefeats.com/hard41.html __________________ Noli Nothis Permittere Te Terere!! EVGA 680i, Dual EVGA 8800GT'S (650/950), 4 gigs AData DMS DDR2 800, Intel E8400 at 4.1Ghz, SB Z2 Platinum, Dual Plextor16x DL DVD+/-RW. Maxtor 500Gb Sata 3.0. 3DMark06 score = 19,063

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