I have a “My Book Essential 3 TB” WDBACW0030HBK-EESN connected to Asus Maximus II Formula, admittedly not one of the latest, but still it had a higher pricetag at the time.
That said, it has an eSATA connecter. One of WD drives also had eSATA: not compatible…
After reading quite a number of threads concerning non-working PCI card, I very much hesitate to just
randomly buy a card and see if it works. I could as well buy half a dozen of cards at the same time and
ask the shop if I cud return 5 of them if, by mere luck, one is working …
But maybe someone out managed to get everything working?
I always use SYBA cards which use SiL chips, they are bootable. VIA chipsets cannot be booted, no Boot Rom.
SYBA cards, a 2-Port SATA card should be about 30 bucks, for a SATA 2 one. I don’t know if they make SATA 3, actually not even sure if they make SATA 2 ones but for most purposes, 1.5 GB/s transfer rate is good enough. I just moved over 400 GB of Data and it only took about 3 hours total.
Check NEWEGG they ought to have one, be careful to read the reviews before buying. If the reviews have more positive than negative, then it’s probably going to work for you. But you can always return them and get another.
Yes, that looks good! Can you boot from it? I always have to use the old PCI cards, because the motherboards I put them on are all old ones. Yah get that one. Two External SATA ports.
I am afraid I am unable to answer that question. Maybe you can find an answer on their website.
Frankly, installing hardware myself, is a bit of an ‘enterprise’ - I have my pc assembled and usually do not do any replacements or upgrades. Some people are replacing stuff blindfolded, I already tend to get nervous opening the pc case…
Like with this card: it needs power thru a molex connector. So, I need to buy an extra molex cable.
Are they all the same?
If not, what specific cable do I need?
And after connecting it to the card, where do I put the other end?
