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I have just bought a Vaio VPCEB2C5E. On the delivery note spec it says e-SATA/USB and above the port itself it says eSATA followed by the USB symbol. Therefore I am assuming if it says "USB" that it is a powered combo port that will work with the new Seagate GoFlex portable drive combined with its eSATA upgrade cable (which states it will only work with a combo powered eSATA port and not a standard eSATA port).
Anyone know how I can find out whether the eSATA ports being put into new Vaio's are definitely the "powered" version?
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Hi Andy,
I believe ALL USB/eSATA ports are 'powered': -
http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=235
Although it does say that you cannot use both USB and eSATA at the same time - it is in fact two ports with the four central contacts for USB/Power and the new 4 outside contacts for eSATA. You will need to set the access mode to eSATA as it will not work in IDE Mode.
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Hi Andy,
I believe ALL USB/eSATA ports are 'powered': -
http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=17&products_id=235
Although it does say that you cannot use both USB and eSATA at the same time - it is in fact two ports with the four central contacts for USB/Power and the new 4 outside contacts for eSATA. You will need to set the access mode to eSATA as it will not work in IDE Mode.
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Thanks very much Blencogo, the link does seem to confirm that.
Apologies if this sounds thick but how do I "set the access mode to eSATA"?
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I think you should be OK.
Some earlier USB/eSATA ports would only connect using eSATA if the hard drive in the laptop was set to eSATA mode.
Ignore this it should work OK.
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Thanks