Product Description

This cable is ideal for connecting your external eSATA Hard Drive to your eSATA port.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5611 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: CDL Micro
• Model: RB-441

Features

• Length = 1m.
• Supports SATA data transfer speeds of up to 3Gbps (ie Sata II).
• eSATA 7 pin male to eSATA 7 pin male.
• 7 wire data cable which is very durable and flexible.
• Ideal for using newer eSATA equipped external drive housings with older SATA controllers.

Customer Reviews

Cheap cable requires trimming of casing to work properly
I tried this eSATA cable with my 500GB Western Digital Home Edition but the laptop would not recognise the drive unless I wiggled the connection to the drive.

To create a stable connection you need to trim approx. 1mm from the plug's outer casing to expose more of the metal plug so it will sit fully into the HDD casing. I used a Stanley knife, it took about 1 minute. Now it is rock solid.

Great for the price, but not so good if you don't like DIY jobs :)

High quality, practical cable.
A high quality cable that simply connects my WD external HDD to my laptop via a StarTech.com 2 Port eSATA Cardbus PC Card Adapter - Storage controller - 2 Channel - SATA-300 - 300 MBps - CardBus. The 1m length is just right to fit in the laptop bag and carry around, whilst being long enough and flexible enough to be practical.

1M eSATA cable
This cable is OK, but I had to cut the plastic back a little around the ends so I could push them in far enough. I have read on a few sites that it is a common problem. Be careful if you try this and it only needs about 1mm cutting back all the way around.