SATA 3 Connections on the back of my computer

grinder · 08-04-2019, 01:15 AM

I have "SATA" 3 connections on the back of my computer they look like
USB connectors.
I have searched the web trying to find what best use I can get from these connections.
Is anybody able to tell me what choices I have with these?
Can I run a SSD off them or what.
I am at a loss, this is bugging me I even have extension cables for them.

Many thanks

Grinder

Stella645 · 08-04-2019, 03:09 AM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATAp

Jae.Thomas · 08-04-2019, 06:20 AM

did eSata ever get anywhere?

serr · 08-04-2019, 09:53 AM

Thunderbolt came along and made it a moot point.

But if you have the ports you can get cables and use them. They do what they do. (Including providing bandwidth for a SSD just like an internal SATA3 connection.)

grinder · 08-04-2019, 10:16 AM

Thanks guys
Thanks Stella the wiki has the information many thanks the one thing I never looked at yes the the signal but not the power thing that was what was nagging me!
SATA 3 is not that slow though, good enough for audio,

Thanks again.

Grinder