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[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday May 6 2009, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2009-05-06 at 11:18 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > SATA is not intended for hot-plugging. eSATA (external SATA) does
> > support it.
>
> No, the only difference is the connector. There are simple passive
> (ie, iron) converters (SATA to eSATA).

Is it not the case that the connectors for eSATA are carefully designed 
to make sure proper sequencing occurs when the connector is plugged in? 
First ground next power and finally signal pins connect?

Hmm... Digging around in my memory... I may be thinking of the connector 
design for hot-pluggable SATA enclosures...


> --
> Cheers,
>         Carlos E. R.


Randall Schulz
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