Forums
New posts
Articles
Product Reviews
Policies
FAQ
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Can't see my eSATA drive!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="blinkin357" data-source="post: 723957" data-attributes="member: 31357"><p><strong>I feel your pain satrop</strong></p><p></p><p>I have the same MacPro as yours and am running two extra SATA drives off from those two motherboard ports you mentioned without any problems. My extra drives are housed inside optical bay #2 so I'm not using the extender cable.</p><p></p><p>I've been having a disappearing drive problem that's different from yours. Five of my six internal SATA Seagate drives disappeared from desktop and Finder over several days. Two partitions on two external firewire drives also disappeared. Then I could only see these drives in Disk Utility or Photoshop Bridge. </p><p></p><p>I corrected it by copying off the files (not drives) to another drive, formatting the problem drives, and copying the files (not drives) back to the problem drive. When I copied the drive (not files) using Carbon Copy, SuperDuper or Disk Utility, the target drive disappeared too. There seems to be an "invisible bit" that makes drives, partitions or folders disappear. When I copy the whole drive I copy the invisible bit too.</p><p></p><p>Others with this invisible drive problem said that it was triggered by using the Spotlight comment area so I'm not typing any comments into Spotlight.</p><p></p><p>If you ever take your MacPro to an Apple store Genius Bar, keep in mind that they may not work on your machine if you're using those two motherboard ports. They told me that they're intended only for Apple tech support personnel. So, last time I took it to the Genius Bar, I removed my two optical bay #2 drives along with cabling and mounting and replaced the original optical drive cage. WHAT A HASSLE....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blinkin357, post: 723957, member: 31357"] [b]I feel your pain satrop[/b] I have the same MacPro as yours and am running two extra SATA drives off from those two motherboard ports you mentioned without any problems. My extra drives are housed inside optical bay #2 so I'm not using the extender cable. I've been having a disappearing drive problem that's different from yours. Five of my six internal SATA Seagate drives disappeared from desktop and Finder over several days. Two partitions on two external firewire drives also disappeared. Then I could only see these drives in Disk Utility or Photoshop Bridge. I corrected it by copying off the files (not drives) to another drive, formatting the problem drives, and copying the files (not drives) back to the problem drive. When I copied the drive (not files) using Carbon Copy, SuperDuper or Disk Utility, the target drive disappeared too. There seems to be an "invisible bit" that makes drives, partitions or folders disappear. When I copy the whole drive I copy the invisible bit too. Others with this invisible drive problem said that it was triggered by using the Spotlight comment area so I'm not typing any comments into Spotlight. If you ever take your MacPro to an Apple store Genius Bar, keep in mind that they may not work on your machine if you're using those two motherboard ports. They told me that they're intended only for Apple tech support personnel. So, last time I took it to the Genius Bar, I removed my two optical bay #2 drives along with cabling and mounting and replaced the original optical drive cage. WHAT A HASSLE.... [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Can't see my eSATA drive!
Top