I have the Intel BOXDQ35JOE motherboard. It six SATA ports, but one of the ports is red, and supposedly only for eSATA use. The motherboard manual explicitly says to NOT use this port with internal ...

You don't have to worry about which serial ATA port you use to connect a device to a motherboard: all the ports run at the same speed. However, every motherboard that supports SATA supports a ...

eSATA lets external hard drives run at internal speeds. But don't expect to see mainstream PCs with those ports until 2008. Photos: eSATA drives Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

MSI will provide a number of its products with an integrated Power eSATA connector. This connector eliminates the need for an extra power connector for eSATA-compatible devices. The eSATA interface ...

One of the major changes in hard-drive technology in recent years is that most computers now use Serial ATA (SATA) connections, as opposed to the older ATA/IDE connections (also known as PATA, for ...

It's June 2007 and we have a whole new generation of motherboards for AMD and Intel. If you're looking to buy (or build) a new computer, you'll want to read on. See more images of these motherboards ...

Brace yourself: there are good odds another port will start popping up on PCs soon. This one is for eSATA, an external version of the technology that's used to connect hard drives inside the PC ...