In short, I am not sure. I myself have very little experience with eSataP and have found information tough to come by.
Longer story, after a recommendation on this list I bought a Thinkpad W520 and as part of the build I replaced the optical drive with an additional hard drive via a caddy, When I bought the caddy (NewmodeUS) they also recommended a kit that allowed me to use the optical drive as an external drive. When I initially ordered this kit I got the USB version, and only later discovered that they had an eSATA option. So, I returned it and ordered the eSATA one. Much, much faster. Because of the performance increase it got me thinkining I should get a different external drive enclosure (2.5" version). It was at this point that I found there is a difference between eSATA and powered eSATA. It took a lot of digging but I finally found an enclosure that would work with powered eSATA. The enclosure though does not come with the powered eSATA cable, but rather a split cable that connects to the USB port for power. So, after more searching I ran across the two cables above. Shortly after that, I saw your post so I sent along the links. :-) I am still trying to decide if I should go with the above enclosure of just get one that supports USB 3.0. My brother just bought a USB 3.0 external drive and he says it is very, very fast. How it compares to eSATA I don't know but I am certainly going to look into it. :-) -- Gary http://www.twigsandtracks.com Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks Blog: Superior Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > The first cable says 5v..........is there a 12v cable? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary > Udstrand > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] External power eSTATa > > You can use either but if you want to use the power in the esatap port you > have to use a power over esata cable: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Power-eSATA/dp/B0037J88SW/ref=pd_bxg > y_e_text_b > > or > > > http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-3-Feet-Power-eSATA-Cable/dp/B00213KF8G/ref=pd > _sim_cps_2<http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-3-Feet-Power-eSATA-Cable/dp/B00213KF8G/ref=pd_sim_cps_2> > > -- > Gary > http://www.twigsandtracks.com > Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints > Twigs and Tracks Blog: Superior > Sunrise< > http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_sour > ce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm confused about my power esata port. > > > > Does this port require a special cable? If I want to connect an external > > powered esata dock, will a normal esata cable work? > > > > Gary > > > > > >
