[Tfug] SATA dock

[Steve B]

Ugh, that is what I was afraid of. I have a PATA/SATA to USB adapter, but
would like an eSATA dock for the additional bandwidth as well as the
convenience of a dock. Shouldn't all docks come with the appropriate cables
to power up and connect?

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On Apr 30, 2014 11:42 PM, "Adrian" <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 29 April 2014 20:49:30 Steve B wrote:
> > I'm looking for a SATA dock. Has anyone purchased one from SWS and if so
> > what are your comments? Any recommendations for a particular unit?
> >
>
>
> I picked up a Kingwin EZ-Dock from them a while back. I seem to remember it
> didn't come with a power supply for 3.5" drives, just the USB and ESATA
> cables, which was a pain. I picked up a 12V/2A wall-wort out of the used
> bin
> at SWS and have been using that.
>
> The docking slot was pretty sloppy, particularly with 2.5" drives, but
> sliding
> it back and forth you finally get the drive to line up. USB is slow but
> SATA
> seemed to run nice and fast. Kind of buggy in that you have to power off
> before
> inserting/removing (and sometimes pull the ESATA cable) to get the drive to
> init correctly, but once up I didn;t have any transfer problems.
>
>
> Adrian
>
>
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