Spec Will Cut External Drive Power Cords

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 17, 2008 @03:01AM from the could-have-used-that-about-24-hours-ago dept.

Lucas123 writes "The Serial ATA International Organization just revealed that it is well along the way to finishing a specification that would remove separate power cords to external SATA drives or optical disk drives, allowing them to draw power from the host system. The resulting new cable, being called Power Over eSATA, will be compatible with the existing eSATA connector and support the current maximum interface transfer rate of 3Gb/s. The SATA organization expects the new cables to be released later this year to drive makers."

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Cables by ackthpt · 2008-01-17 05:02 · Score: 5, Insightful

I wish they'd do something about this piss-poor connectors. I've had a number of them fail and had to junk them because they do not make a good solid connection, nothing prevents vibration from letting them slip.

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Should have been in the spec from day 1 by krog · 2008-01-17 05:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Seriously -- it's two more pins. Why wasn't the spec designed right in the first place?

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