WTB: R2E Lemo to eSata Cable

[Jason Samuel]

Want to Buy R2E Lemo to eSata Cable...

I read these only work on the 320 drives... Anyone used these before? Likes? Dislikes? Feedback appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[Dustin Cross]

I'll sell mine. It worked great on the one 320GB drive I got it to work on. I am not sure if it was Build 21 or the SATA_TRANS_FAULT fix that made the cable stop working, but only a limited number of 320GB drives do and no 640GB drives that I know of.

Make me an offer.


Dusty

 

[Lewis-M Soucy]

Not selling mine but it always worked great. I love that cable! I own 2 320gb HD. Only had to update the eSata driver on my Mac when I upgraded to Snow.

You can buy it used or get it new here:
http://www.coolcameragear.com/r2e-lemo-to-esata-cable-p-1.html

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I have one and have mixed feelings about it. It works great on 3 of the 4 320GB drives I have. That 4th (and newest) RED Drive does not work. It does not work on any 640GB drives I've tried and it does not work properly on the RED-RAMs either, or at least I've had some corrupt transfers with that cable and the RED-RAM, so I stick to FW800 now for simplicity. Typically if I'm in a mobile situation, I have my eSATA connected to a RAID anyway and I have to connect the media via FW800.

I get the same results on my CalDigit FASTA-4X PCI-E eSATAx4 card, the CalDigit 1ex ExpressCard-34 eSATA adapter and the ATTO H680 SAS/SATA host. All have the latest drivers and installed in a couple different systems. The CalDigit x4 eSATA is in a PC.

 

[Darryl Wood]

I can offer an ESATA to Red Drive Lemo plug for US$250.

 

[Lewis-M Soucy]

Uuuh... Now you get me worried Jeff! Like if I get new drives or the bigger ones, it might not work properly?...

That's pretty odd, it's a "cable" after all!? What does CoolCameraGear says about it?

 

[Dustin Cross]

Cool Camera says Red is now sending more power or stronger signal or something than is standard and that is the problem.

Dusty

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Yes, correct.

Last I heard, there was mention of adding some sort of low voltage padding or buffering to the cable to compensate, but I haven't heard anything since and don't know if there's a solution yet.

 

[Lewis-M Soucy]

Well I'll keep my fingers crossed. I can't imagine they won't do something about it, else it renders their product useless. Maybe all of us who owns the cable should gather and start a thread here to get their attention.