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turtle1

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09-11-2007 at 08:44:19 PM

I just bought a Western Digital My Book Premium ES Edition with USB 2.0 and eSata connections. I have tried two different eSATA cables and both are very loose fitting on both the My Book as well as the mobo (Asus Striker) connector end. Any movement of either causes the cable to come loose. Please tell me this can't be correct. I am so far forced to use the USB connection. The USB cable is snug and works well. I would rather use the eSATA interface for obvious reasons.

Are there different eSATA cables? Am I using the wrong ones? Again, I have now bought two eSATA cables from two different suppliers and both do the same thing.

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phillyman36

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09-11-2007 at 09:39:35 PM

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I just got the 320 gig My Book prem., i got the esata cable from newegg and my cable isnt loose it stays in place. I paid 11 bucks with shipping. Are you sure you are pushing it in all the way. When i attached mines the first time i didnt put it on all the way and it was a little loose.

turtle1

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09-11-2007 at 09:46:50 PM

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Pretty sure it is on all the way. Does it "click" or anything when it locks in place? I will try pushing it on harder when I get home tonight.

ekandos

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10-02-2007 at 11:09:09 PM

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Ihave the exact same problem, any solution?

JerryF

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12-08-2007 at 02:35:35 AM

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You need to trim back (cut back) the plastic insulation on the eSATA cable's plug so the metal part of the eSATA plug will go further into the socket on both your PC and the external disk. The eSATA plug cable's pins are NOT connecting to the pins on your PC's connector.

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sipski

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09-06-2008 at 07:16:20 PM

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I have the same problem too! I even cut the insulation off the eSATA cable by a cm, but it's still loose and connection keeps dropping intermittently. Does anyone have any idea what is going on - it is so annoying to find the cable so loose after paying the extra for eSATA?.

Anonymous

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11-10-2008 at 01:51:24 PM

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I have a MyBookII 1TB with eSata - I have tried three cables and Western Digital even sent me a cable to try. Same thing happens with them all - the drive lasts a few hours then is lost - as I was using this for Windows Home Server its a pain. Now WD have told me I can only have a refurbished drive for a brand new one cos it's over 30 days - even tho it's took them 30 days on their support site to get to the root of the problem. I wouldn't touch their drives with a barge pole now.

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