External hard drives not recognized by MacBook Pro... (by 4 users)

posted by daledude on Jan 17, 2008

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MacBook Pro will not recognize external hard drive using SIIG eSATA II 2 port ExpressCard-M that is expressly made for MacBook Pro. Driver is installed & recognized. I've tried this card with two seperate hard drives, both a MyBook 320GB & IOMEGA 500 formatted for Macs. The Apple store Geniuses checked out the problem & told me the problem was with the SIIG card. Also tried two different cables by two manufacturers. Both hard drives work fine with firewire or USB connections. Have also tried two different SIGG cards with no luck. A expansion card icon is present on the MacBook menu bar recognizing the card. Only a "Power Off" option is available.

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Comment by DybaMusic, posted on Mar 11, 2008

Same problem. I've been running a WD MyBook on firewire for a few weeks now. I figured I would try out eSATA... got an expresscard, got the card working, but no recognition of the hard drive through it. I even switched over to Windows, which also recognized the card but not the drive.

Ah, the glory of new technology...

Comment by mikey4nacya, posted on Feb 27, 2008

yo, having the same problem now. i had the drive up and formatted it using disk utility, but now for some reason it will only give me the power off option...killing me! anyone??? thanks me@mikeyfornicoia.com
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Comment by Tantra, posted on Feb 14, 2008

I got the same eSata card and My Book 1T external drive. The drive was not visible with the eSata but worked fine with USB2.

I'll be returning the card to the Apple Store that should have known better.

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