- Aug 29, 2006
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Alright guys, no need to snipe at each other (at least not too much 
).
Anyhow, here's what has happened so far:
It's been raining here a lot. I had a headache. I played with my son.
Oh, the computer stuff...
I've been having a hell of a time trying to hook up the enclosure to a SATA port on the MB because the top 4 ports are all being used, and the bottom 2 are nearly inaccessible. I tried testing things by removing the top connector, which I thought was going to the DVD drive, but that screwed things up (pc wouldn't boot; very strange). The bottom port resulted in degraded RAID5.
CMPG: I am definitely going to check out the link you posted- much thanks there.
Right now, the drive is out of the enclosure and in the case hooked up to the DVD SATA/power connections, and all is well.
If you know how cramped the Antec 900 is, you know what I am going through trying to reach these ports! Ultimate Gamers Case my arse!
Now that my stomach is full, the headache is gone, and the kiddies are in bed, I will try again with the enclosure!
** EDIT:
After feeling better, I went ahead and tested all of the connection possibilities and discovered that, yes indeed, it was the enclosure that is messing things up. That's a little odd to me since internally, the enclosure uses SATA power and data cables to connect to the drive, and that it works fine in USB 2.0 mode. The eSATA cables that came with it also work fine.
I connected the HDD internally using my SATA DVD power and data connections, and the drive, again, worked as it should.
I then reinstalled the Promise card and connected the HDD to the internal connector on the card (not in the enclosure). It worked.
I then rigged it so that the HDD was connected to a eSATA adapter, and then connected it the eSATA port on the card. Yup, it worked.
As soon as I tried to use the enclosure for ANY SATA connection, well, you know: it didn't work.
Now what sucks is that my maid removed the enclosure box a few days ago. I hope it hasn't been destroyed yet or I might have a difficult time getting Newegg to exchange it!
).Anyhow, here's what has happened so far:
It's been raining here a lot. I had a headache. I played with my son.
Oh, the computer stuff...
I've been having a hell of a time trying to hook up the enclosure to a SATA port on the MB because the top 4 ports are all being used, and the bottom 2 are nearly inaccessible. I tried testing things by removing the top connector, which I thought was going to the DVD drive, but that screwed things up (pc wouldn't boot; very strange). The bottom port resulted in degraded RAID5.
CMPG: I am definitely going to check out the link you posted- much thanks there.
Right now, the drive is out of the enclosure and in the case hooked up to the DVD SATA/power connections, and all is well.
If you know how cramped the Antec 900 is, you know what I am going through trying to reach these ports! Ultimate Gamers Case my arse!
Now that my stomach is full, the headache is gone, and the kiddies are in bed, I will try again with the enclosure!
** EDIT:
After feeling better, I went ahead and tested all of the connection possibilities and discovered that, yes indeed, it was the enclosure that is messing things up. That's a little odd to me since internally, the enclosure uses SATA power and data cables to connect to the drive, and that it works fine in USB 2.0 mode. The eSATA cables that came with it also work fine.
I connected the HDD internally using my SATA DVD power and data connections, and the drive, again, worked as it should.
I then reinstalled the Promise card and connected the HDD to the internal connector on the card (not in the enclosure). It worked.
I then rigged it so that the HDD was connected to a eSATA adapter, and then connected it the eSATA port on the card. Yup, it worked.
As soon as I tried to use the enclosure for ANY SATA connection, well, you know: it didn't work.
Now what sucks is that my maid removed the enclosure box a few days ago. I hope it hasn't been destroyed yet or I might have a difficult time getting Newegg to exchange it!
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