SATA to SATA file transfer Question.

Can you run a SATA cable from one motherboard too another motherboard for quicker file transfers ?

Wondering if it comes up as more HDD's on each PC or maybe conflict with PC on start-up, if left connected all the time ?

Cheers Simmo

you can do it with firewire (IEEE 1394) via networking over the cable, but not SATA afaik.

apple used to have a setup where you could plug a powered down macbook into a desktop machine via firewire and it would detect and behave like an external HDD too.

You can also do it with USB 2.0 - mobo to mobo. However I'm not sure if you require a special cable, or if you can use any cable. I know Belkin sell a specific product to do this has some sort of dongle in the middle of the cable.

To answer your question though; no. As far as I'm aware, no, you can't do it SATA-to-SATA.

Thanks for that ... will try firewire and usb2!

Hmm - apparently Vista and Windows 7 don't play well with Firewire networking. If you're using Windows 7 though, this should get you going:
TC Electronic Forum / Getting Firewire to work in Windows 7

Quote:

Those who are trying to get firewire interfaces working (without success) may find the following steps useful: it’s what I had to do to get mine up and running.

Right click on the firewire host controller entry in the device manager and choose Update Driver Software…

Browse my computer for driver software

Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

Select 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (Legacy) and then Next

This worked for me and now my Konnekt 48 works better in Windows 7 than it did in Vista !!
EDIT: okay from everything i've been able to find: Microsoft has killed firewire networking on Windows as of Windows Vista.

for USB networking you need 3rd party products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_USB (don't just try plugging a USB cable direct between 2 machines as this might short something out).

have you considered a null modem cable? =) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modem

or just gigabit ethernet? 25+MB/sec not fast enough for you?

To get the best out of Gigabit Ethernet you need to enable large frames in the TCP/IP stack in Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003, otherwise your not going to see a major improvement over 100 Ethernet.

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Yeah you need a "Belkin Transfer Cable" if you're going to do it via USB.

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To get the best out of Gigabit Ethernet you need to enable large frames in the TCP/IP stack in Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003, otherwise your not going to see a major improvement over 100 Ethernet.

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I wouldn't advise users to enable jumbo frames unless you understand exactly what you're doing. If their comms equipment or applications aren't jumbo-packet friendly then its going to cause problems.

I would also think that the difference between 100mbit and 1000mbit could be considered a major improvement...

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To get the best out of Gigabit Ethernet you need to enable large frames in the TCP/IP stack in Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003, otherwise your not going to see a major improvement over 100 Ethernet.

My experience differs. I saw a major difference between on a gigabit network, comparing it to a 100mbit network, without any tinkering of any kind.

The belking cable is just a pair of usb network cards built into a cable.

lol this was yesterday's Zazz >< Zazz! One Day. One Thing. One Chance.