Thread: eSATA cable problems

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 motherboard (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.

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.

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.