Im curious how a laptop older than mine isnt running into this issue. Designed by sismo, it provides two independent channels to support up to two sata drives at once. Providing two esata ports the adapter card offers a costeffective solution for connecting hotpluggable, highspeed storage, and in. By changing the jumper setting on the card, you can use it with a pc or mac. So i conected the drive via firewaire and formated it. For those not in the know, this means that while the old esata card in my g5 could use a single cable to communicate with all five drives in the array, the lacie solution can only see one. This device will allow you to connect esata drives such as those in your bluray disc publisher to an imac, a macbook or any mac that cannot use a pci express card and also has a thuderbolt connector. The lacie esata hub thunderbolt series lets you conveniently connect two esata drives to any thunderboltenabled mac. Lacie announces 4big quadra raid bundles the mac observer. And then reconected it via esata and still nothing. The lacie esata pci card design by sismo features two external esata connectors, and can run at speeds of up to 1.
This lacie card is a very simple, generic esata pci card that gives you two esata ports on the. External desktop hard drives buying guide macworld. Bottom line the original thread was asking about a pci to esata card and this is not that. Lacie esata pci express card storage controller esata 3gbs pcie x1 overview and full product specs on cnet. With 2 esata ports, you can connect two devices at once. This versatile card has a 32bits pci form factor for superior compatibility with all motherboard sizes. Newertech maxpower esata 6g pro pcie controller card. Lacie esata ii 3gbs pci express card 2 ports serialports hp 2y pickuprtn nb svc ua045e. A forum host of creative cows apple final cut pro, business. The lacie esata pci card design by sismo supports all esata. I have an intel g5 running snow leopard i got a lacie esata ii pci express card and the mac does not see it.
I am looking for a 2tb raid 3 or 5 esata external drive solution for my mac pro. Under mac osx and under windows os, the card supports raid 0 and raid 1 for data protection, making it ideal for users who need fast, efficient, and. This card supports raid 0 and raid 1 for data protection in mac. Lacie esata pci card user manual, installation, troubleshooting tips, and downloads. Lacie esata 2 port pci express card with snow leopard and the 4big quadra. Perfect for connecting a lacie d2 quadra, big disk quadra, or 2big quadra to your computer,the pci express card is also compatible with non lacie esata devices. Highspeed internet for online storage latest version of windows xp, windows vista, windows 7 mac os x 10.
This card must be set up with a jumper located directly on the pcb in order to be used with a mac computer. Snow leopard incompatibility with many esata cards. Bring new life and possibilities to your esata drives with the power of thunderbolt technology. User manual, datasheet, quick install manual lacie esata pci card user manual 14 pages. By using disk utility, mac os x users will be able to create a. It supports under macos x and windows os raid 0 striping for speed and raid 1 mirroring for data protection.
On their products page, for this card, it states that mac. Also offering a builtin thunderbolt cable and ip54rated resistance to the elements, this rugged drive ensures you wont have to make any compromises when it comes to durability. The esata card that came with my bluray bravo disc publisher. This lacie controller card is handled by the silicon image sii3124 host controller and provides four esata ports that support up to 3. This drive will still run at sata i speeds not sata ii. Windows 2000, windows server 2003, windows xp 3264bit, windows vista 3264bit, mac os x 10. Lacie biggest s2s with pcix card user manual, installation, troubleshooting tips, and downloads.
Lacie has announced the availability of a free usb 3. Installing the pcix card can be a bit of a chore, but the drive itself is a snap to configure and set up. Pc or mac with a pci slot 32bits33mhz or pci x slot 64bits33mhz. If you need really fast, external storage, then lacies two big is an ideal solution. There are a handful of products out there that will work with the mac. Ok i just recieved my lycom pe102 2 port esata pci e card and put it into my macpro. I very occasionally have a usb issue with my current inatek 4 port for mac card and usually just changing to a different port on the card works. Mac pro users can add esata with an esata pci, pcie, or pcix expansion card.
The new 2big thunderbolt series delivers speed, flexibility and capacity, while the esata hub thunderbolt series allows users to connect external esata drives to mac computers. Im a photographer and i decided i need more reliable back up so i got a lacie 4tb big disk and this esata card. Lacie sata ii 3gbitss pci express card 2e, lacie utilities cdrom with drivers and user manual. For clarification purposes, lacie is not the first manufacturer to deliver usb 3. I use a 2 port esata expresscard34 card which was plugged in during the update. May 28, 2010 the lacie rugged esata, like the rest of its linemates, is encased in a thin aluminum shell and then wrapped with a bright orange removable bumper that protects the drive from drops and shocks up. Easy installation installation is extremely easy, and the lacie esata pci card is even driverfree on mac os. Macbook pro macos catalina tvos watchos 6 wwdc 2020 guides. Feb 11, 2010 on thursday, lacie announced an unexpected upgrade to its rugged line of hard drives with the lacie rugged esata.
I tried all the slots and it sees the graphics cards and video card in any of the slots but not the pci. Expresscard34 port not working after macos high sierra update. The lacie rugged esata not only supports transfer speeds of up to 9. Lacie used the 2012 ces to announce some new thunderboltdriven drives. Lacie two big with pci e card user manual, installation, troubleshooting tips, and downloads. Lacie bundles pcie sata ii card with raids macworld. So, youre all set as long as you have a spare pcie slot. Feb 12, 2010 lacie have unveiled a new rugged external harddrive, and its apparently the first on the market with a power esata port. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a pci x esata card that would actually work in my early 2005 powermac g5 2. We have 3 lacie esata pci card manuals available for free pdf download.
Lacie hub connects esata drives to thunderbolt macs. The lacie esata pci card adds two esata ports to your desktop computer. Add esata support to your server or workstation with this lacie 4port esata pci x controller card. Whether you use windows or mac, it quickly brings the impressive speed and high performance of this superior interface to your system. The lacie esata pci card was built for performance, and inte grates easily into systems that require high data transfer speeds to serve up files quickly and efficiently, maximizing your storage.
The hope of this solution is for a final cut storage array and possibly some additional backup. Lacie esata pci card quickly brings the impressive speed and high performance of. When searching for a card i looked specifically at cards that are mac compatible with mac s. The high point technologies rocketraid 1720 will work with mac, windows, and linux and is a standard pci card. For the first time on a lacie drive, you can have the speed of esata connectivity. Select your countryregion remember my countryregion and language selection. Lacies esata thunderbolt hub pushes data transfer to the max. Also equipped with a fast 7200 rpm, 500gb hard disk, it offers good preconditions to push data. Lacie esata pci express card user manual, installation, troubleshooting tips, and downloads. The original poster had purchased a lacie sata ii 3gbs pci x card 4e for his powermac g5. Buy the lacie 823 2 port esata pci card at a super low price. Lacie 823 esata pci card transfer rate up to 150mbs.
Add the lacie esata pci card for instant connectivity to your esata peripherals. Lacie announces new rugged esata portable hard drive pcworld. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to. View and download lacie esata pci card datasheet online. Os x and windows, making it ideal for users who need fast. Not compatible with port multiplier devices, including lacie biggest s2s and lacie two big. The lacie esata pci card design by sismo even driverfree on mac os.
Attaching an external esata drive to my m apple community. This pci card is not compatible with pci express slots, laptops, or. I have been able to make my lacie 2port esata ii pci x card which apparently uses 32 silicon images architecture work in mountain lion osx 1. Transfer rate up to 3gbitss 300mbs per port system requirements available pci express x1 slot mac os x v10. I used an external 3 tb 7200 rpm hard drive from gtechnology for the tests. The lacie esata pci card design by sismo supports all esata devices sata i and sata ii. Get the best deals on lacie esata external hard disk drives and find. Lacie esata pci card design by sismo this pci card is not compatible with pci express slots, laptops, or notebook computers. I noticed that the lacie esata thunderbolt hub was for sale at the apple store and decided to give it a try. Sonnet 1port esata tempo edge sata 6gb expresscard34 does not. If need be i can backup and reinstall the os with the patcher fix but that would be a last resort scenario. Add the new lacie esata ii pci express card 3gbs 4ports for. Im thinking about ordering an esata express card for my mbp to use it to connect to my 1tb hdds to use my 1tb hdds prowess for some extracting of huge files i deal with and other things anyways, currently im using fw800 with my 1tb hdds its the owc elite pro btw and very fast and. I write actually because i recently purchased the lacie 2 port esata pci card 823 and after a few days of working fine hooked up to a calvary 1tb usb 2.
Lacie datashare sd and micro sd dual usb card reader recycle your sd and microsd cards turn them into usb flash keys. If you set up an external ssd in an esata enclosure, you can theoretically take advantage of the higher bandwidth of these cards. I pdi followed the simple steps to set it to raid1. Unfortunately, im still having data issues esatx an hour or two. Kind of excited about this card until i read this in the description. Sonnet tempo esata card and the powermac g4 macrumors. Windows windows 2000, windows server 2003, windows xp, or windows vista.
Installing the card now offers immediate speeds gains while making a mac pro or pc future ready for even greater speed gains. You can obtain the latest update for your mac at the below link. I ran the install disc and connected the lacie drive and nothinh is happend. This 2 port pci express esata controller adapter card offers simple connectivity between a host computer and esata devices. I would just connect the two machines with an ethernet cable, set one as a server, and copy the data over pier to pier. This versatile card has a 32bit pci form factor for superior compatibility with all motherboard sizes. Lacie esata pci card drivers for windows lacie utilities cdrom with user manual minimum system requirements available pci slot 32bits 66mhz. Jan 08, 2012 esata is a high performance drive connector used to connect external hard drives to your computer. Add esata support to your server or workstation with this lacie 4port esata pcix controller card. Windows doesnt like mac format so you can reform the drive but its a bit late for that. Esata pci card mac pc 2 external esata connectors, up to 1.
When searching for a card i looked specifically at cards that are mac compatible with macs. Lacie rugged esata 500gb harddrive on sale slashgear. Lacies esata thunderbolt hub pushes data transfer to the. The newertech maxpower esata 6g pro pcie controller card is like a performance assurance policy as conventional hard disk drives and ssds migrate to the sata 6gbs standard.
With the esata hub, you can put those valuable drives back to use by connecting to the fastest port on your mac the thunderbolt port. Lacie esata external hard disk drives for sale ebay. To use the d2 hard drive sata with this card, youll need a sata l to esata connector cable. All tests used the drives esata port, connected via pci x cards installed in a dual2. The lacie rugged thunderbolt usbc hard drive powerfully combines reliable toughness, usbc compatibility and blazingfast thunderbolt speeds up to mbps. I currently do not have a raid card or controller card in my machine and was considering the sonnet e4p and lacie 4big quadra 2tb solution. Lacie claims the two big drives achieve maximum throughput of 110mbs in fast mode raid. Whether you use windows or mac, the lacie esata pci express card quickly brings the impressive speed and high performance of this superior interface to your computer. Its just that sonnets pci sata cards only support sata revision 1 1. That said, having waited another couple of months for sonnets solution echo pcie card to tb bay i am forced to get another one, as the sonnet is way over. Lacie esata pci express card storage controller esata.
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