hot swap sata card..

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I cant seem to hot swap esata drives... I have to reboot in order for a drive to show up..

is this a sata card thing?

 

[Kwan Khan]

if your SATA controller supports Hot Swapping, you will be able to eject the device like you do with USB drives. The support for hot swap is independent of the support for a 150MB/sec or 300MB/sec transfer rate.

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

I dont think it supports it.. as i am not able to do it..

any advice on a controller that would work?

 

[Chris Ratledge]

what controller card to you currently use, and are you talking about an express card adapter or a PCIe card?

I have a HighPoint 2314 eSATA card, never had issues with it, has been a good performer.

http://www.hptmac.com/US/product.php?_index=5

...oh wait, is this in your Hacintosh?

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

yes in hackintosh

 

[Chris Ratledge]

As a suggested replacement I feel confident in the HP 2314. I did have to install a driver for it I believe, for use in my MacPro.

I haven't gotten to the point of building my Hackintosh yet, so I have no idea of any potential issues there.

Didn't you have someone build your system for you? Or did you build it yourself? Maybe worth a call to contact them again for their opinion as well.

Good luck man.