Quick Question about eSATA

[Appleboy45]

From the looks of modern computers, it seems that eSATA has been abandoned by most companies, but I got another BTX Dell OptiPlex SFF, and I noticed on the motherboard the eSATA port (Not on the back, but on the board), and while I don't plan to use the eSATA port, is there a differnce between regular SATA II and eSATA? Is there a reason why someone might use the eSATA port instead of a regular SATA port?

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can use that port for sata, its the same thing. The only differnce was the name in the bios.

[Appleboy45]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can use that port for sata, its the same thing. The only differnce was the name in the bios.

I figured since a standard SATA cable plugs in. I wasn't going to use it, but I was just curious why it was there.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Appleboy45 said:

I figured since a standard SATA cable plugs in. I wasn't going to use it, but I was just curious why it was there.

Its there for a bracket that gives you a esata port on the pci brackets.

[Appleboy45]

I don't think so, assuming I know what you are talking about. It's a OpitPlex 755 SFF (Not the USFF)

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

difference with normal sata is it lets you use it as a hot plug, just like a USB drive. Sometimes they run off the USB chip at USB speed