I have a LaCie 2big Quadra 4TB external hard drive, the older model that does not have USB3. Anyway, it has an eSATA port, as does my laptop. The eSATA port on my laptop is actually part of the Intel HM76 chipset, not some half-arsed jmicron add on.
On Windows 7 x64, the hard drive worked perfectly when using the eSATA port. It did not require any third party drivers either. Now that I'm running Windows 8 Pro x64, the hard drive does not work using the eSATA port, only the USB2 connection. When I plug it into the eSATA port, it shows up in Device Manager listed under Other Devices, with a gray (not yellow) question mark over it. It is not accessible from My Computer, nor does it show up in Disk Management.
If I plug in using USB2, it works just fine, but much slower of course. I've tried with and without the latest Intel RST drivers installed -- it makes no difference. Anybody have any ideas as to why it won't work in eSATA mode using Windows 8?
On Windows 7 x64, the hard drive worked perfectly when using the eSATA port. It did not require any third party drivers either. Now that I'm running Windows 8 Pro x64, the hard drive does not work using the eSATA port, only the USB2 connection. When I plug it into the eSATA port, it shows up in Device Manager listed under Other Devices, with a gray (not yellow) question mark over it. It is not accessible from My Computer, nor does it show up in Disk Management.
If I plug in using USB2, it works just fine, but much slower of course. I've tried with and without the latest Intel RST drivers installed -- it makes no difference. Anybody have any ideas as to why it won't work in eSATA mode using Windows 8?
My Computer
System One
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