Newegg has the RiDATA RDESSD32G-R-BX 32GB USB 2.0 & eSATA MLC External Solid state disk for $105 - $10 coupon code EMCLTMM35 [Exp 6/17] + $3 shipping = $98 shipped. Features sequential read/write speeds of 85MB/s / 50MB/s and random read/write speeds of 63MB/s / 19MB/s over eSATA.
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#1
phrozen - Posted 8:43 am PDT 06/11/09 (390 Posts)
that's a pretty cool idea! eSata and USB!
#2
ChugokuOtaku - Posted 8:56 am PDT 06/11/09 (1435 Posts)
how would eSATA work if it's not bus powered?
#3
dumbass - Posted 10:11 am PDT 06/11/09 (447 Posts)
Maybe they use a horse. That's what we did whenever the bus broke.
#4
MisterE - Posted 10:20 am PDT 06/11/09 (477 Posts)
#2, if you don't have a "powered eSATA port" (most people don't), then you have to plug this device into both an eSATA port and a USB port. The connection to the USB port is made with a special cable (probably only has +5v and Ground and doesn't have Data+ and Data-) that is supposedly provided by RiDATA. Comments at NewEgg indicate that RiDATA may not package the cable with this device, and you'll have to contact RiDATA and they will send you the cable.
If you attempt to use a standard USB cable (with +5v, ground, data+, data-) to power this device in eSATA mode, the computer will probably detect it as a USB device and not as an eSATA device.
If you attempt to use a standard USB cable (with +5v, ground, data+, data-) to power this device in eSATA mode, the computer will probably detect it as a USB device and not as an eSATA device.
#5
Weckta - Posted 11:15 am PDT 06/15/09 (111 Posts)
SSD is the truth...
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