June 2, 200818 yr All, I have the Asus P5B-E mobo, which provides 6 internal SATA, one eSATA, and one "JMicron RAID SATA". I have used the six internals and bought a TX4 to add four more - giving me 10. Since I have room for six drives internally and just added a 5-in-3, I have a total of 11 drive slots (9 of them filled), I would like to get one more SATA connection. So ... should I use an eSATA-to-SATA converter or use the RAID SATA slot? Perhaps I can use both (though I don't need both at the moment)? This is what I see: Southbridge - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Intel Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices - 1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port - 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) - Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD (by 1x External SATA & 1x Internal SATA) Any one with this board care to chime in? Bill
June 2, 200818 yr I have the P5B-VM D0. It uses the same JM controller (JMB363). There is a BIOS setting that you want to set the JMicron Controller to ACHI (not RAID) You can then use the intrenal port directly, and the external port by purchasing a special eSATA to SATA cable. I am using both these ports with no issues.
June 3, 200818 yr I bought this cable for eSATA to SATA connection. Works great! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812150024
June 3, 200818 yr I bought a couple of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812226009
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