nirvanaguy19 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 I just got a 500gb hdd and am using it in an antec mx-1 for time machine. I am using the esata bracket that came with the mx-1 to connect the drive to my hackintosh. If I plug in the hard drive after osx is booted up it doesn't see it, similarly if I unplug or turn off the drive after osx is running, the OS still sees the drive. Does osx not support esata hot plug. The esata adapter is connected to the sata port of my mother board (ich7). Has anyone been able to use esata drives with hot plug functionality in leopard Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
justvisiting Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 There are number of variables here that can impact eSata: a ) is your motherboard sata port capable of supporting eSata and/or hotplug ? B ) is your external bracket causing issues? c ) does your drive and enclosure combination require the 1.5gb limit jumper to be set on the drive? in general, eSata should work with OSX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-638561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seye Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi I have the same problem. I have an esata drive and a few SATA-CF adapters. Unfortunately none of them is hotplug capable. The SATA controller is an ICH9R. It would be great if at least the CF-Reader could be hotplug. Is there a way to have OSX rescan for devices on the SATA port like in Vista? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-742336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolshed Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I am having similar problems with eSATA on ICH9R. I expected it to work... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-743290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seye Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 It works now on my system, thanks to this post. I did a fresh retail installation. It needed some effort to get PS/2 support back but now SATA hotplug is fine. My SATA-CF readers don't work yet though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-761921 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macfinity Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have same Hot-Plug, Hot-Swap issue with ICH9R on P35-DS4. I am using 4 Drive 3.5in Hot Swap SATA Mobile Rack Backplane Product ID: SATABAY4BK (Front & Back pic attached) P35-DS4 (pic attached) Disk BACKPLANE is connected to ICH9R orange SATA ports on the mainboard and powered on. All four disks, if switch ON, get detected at boot up, fine. Issues Present. (i) No new SATA Disks get detected Automatically at being inserted while the system is already on, like you get Firewire and USB disks recognised at insertion. (ii) Disks still shows in Disk Utility (greyed out though) after having been ejected. (iii) After having been ejected and then re-inserted Disks can be remounted manually using Disk Utility in the 'same DISK, same Drive BAY' basis (iv) The Icons for these disks are not orange (for removable disks), its same as the fixed disks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-1016036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexDE Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 My eSata HD also isn't recognised by 10.5.6. If i remove the eSata cable and plug it back in (in the back esata port of the PC) the drive is recognised, if i remove the cable from the eSata Drive Case and plug it back in, it isn't. Very strange Does anyone have a idea how to manually scan for sata drives or "simulate" a cable removal? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-1050116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexDE Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Is anyone able to use esata hotplug? Please test: plug in esata drive, remove, reattach. Is your drive recognised the second time you plug it back in? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89474-e-sata-hotplug/#findComment-1097897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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