![]() If you don't have an enclosure or adapter along those lines to test, I'm not sure what else to suggest at this point. That's the setup I used for a long time until I moved my drives into USB 3.0 enclosures because it's nearly as fast (or just as fast with spinning disks) and much more broadly available, especially considering it's backward compatible with USB 2.0. If you have a way to test with an enclosure or adapter that uses a regular SATA cable and then a wall AC adapter, I'd be curious if that worked. If your port is a combo eSATA/USB port, it might only be offering enough power to drive USB devices, not necessarily SATA drives. OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.6 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H CPU: Core i5-4690K Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical (16GB) GPU: EVGA GeForce GT 740SC 2047MB PCI-e SATA Controller Card: IOCrest SI-PEX40062 I hope this information proves helpful to you and anyone else who stumbles across this thread. I suppose it's possible that the powered eSATA ports simply aren't providing enough power for the devices you're trying to use to function properly, even if you do hear them spinning up. ![]() I've had two Dell laptops in the past that had eSATA ports, the only powered eSATA accessory I ever used was an eSATA optical drive, which came with a Dell Studio 14z and plugged into its combo eSATA/USB port. You didn't mention what system you're using, but I guess that may not matter.
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