After MSI announced its first motherboards with Power Over eSATA recently, we just had to get a look at one of the compatible cables to get a full grasp of the technology. And as it turns out ...

Just recently, MSI showed off its new upcoming list of eight notebooks and one motherboard sporting the new Power Over eSATA cable specification. It has happily taken claim to the title of ...

but – if used with a powered USB-eSATA combo connection – can hook up with a single cable. Of course, if you don't have a Power eSATA port on your laptop you can still use the LaCie drive.

Both the eSATA and USB ports are backwards compatible ... and 15 watts to bus-powered devices. The cables are now available to order from Kanex, priced at $29.95 for a 1.6-foot cord, or $69. ...

For those that don't know, eSATA is a version of the SATA connector that works externally, allowing you the same speeds of an internal drive with all the hassle of USB, except it requires a ...

Before a new standard was announced by the Serial ATA Internal Organization (SATA-IO) in early 2008, eSATA devices required power from either a USB cable or power adapter. With the new Power Over ...

The Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO, has released a press release about an upcoming change to the eSATA standard, which will allow for drives to draw power directly from the ...

Normally eSATA devices need extra power via an adapter or an extra USB cable. This combo port supplies the needed power, so no extra USB cable for power is needed. Power eSATA is 8x faster in ...

Put simply, the group is hoping to design a specification where power can be passed directly through a Power Over eSATA cable, and yes, they are aiming to "maintain compatibility with the existing ...

but the other adapter cables are available for $15 to $25 each. The powered eSATA cable is the least expensive, while the FireWire 800 cable is the most expensive on its own. This price difference ...

Lacie isn't short of rugged external hard drives, but it has managed to introduce something a little different with the launch of a rugged drive equipped with a power eSATA interface. It's called ...