Eagle Tech ET-CSKESU2-BK 2.5/3.5-Inch Drive Docking Station with Card Reader, USB Hub, eSATA and OTB

by Eagle Tech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 3.6 x 4.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00352MBS4
• Item model number: ET-CSKESU2-BK
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 10, 2010

Product Description

This multifunction HDD/SSD dock is the perfect, hot-swappable solution for those times you need to use an internal drive externally. Expand your connectivity with its built-in memory card reader, powered USB2.0 hubs, 3.0Gbps eSATA port and OTB with software. All-in-one design minimizes desktop clutter.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars eSATA Interface Problems, June 29, 2010

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SillyConVal - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eagle Tech ET-CSKESU2-BK 2.5/3.5-Inch Drive Docking Station with Card Reader, USB Hub, eSATA and OTB (Personal Computers)

Soon after receiving this docking station, I tested it and found that the USB and eSATA interfaces worked correctly with a 2.5" drive, so I put it aside for a month because I had no immediate use for it. The next time I tried to use it (shortly after the 30-day Amazon return period had expired) I found that the eSATA interface was no longer functional. In addition it made Windows 7 unable to shut down and I had to do a restore in order to get Windows working again.

UPDATE: I have since discovered that the problem was not with the docking station, but with the SATA drivers on my computer. To get the eSATA interface on this device to work with my computer, I had to change the SATA mode in my computer's BIOS from ATA to AHCI. Before changing the BIOS settings however, I had to make changes to the Windows registry which are shown in Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB922976.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Work good on both eSATA and USB, January 24, 2011

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C.K - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eagle Tech ET-CSKESU2-BK 2.5/3.5-Inch Drive Docking Station with Card Reader, USB Hub, eSATA and OTB (Personal Computers)

I was puzzled like many other reviewers that its eSATA & USB Hub/CardReader do not work together.

Then I stumbled upon a solution by chance and thought I should share.

1) Plug in the eSATA cable and wait for the hard drive to be recognized.

2) THEN....plug in the USB cable and all the USB functions like the Hub and Card Reader will work just fine. I had no problem reading flash cards and connecting additional peripherals to the hub.

Eagle does not mention this in the user manual but I can confirm that all functions work at once. You simply have to plug eSATA first, then USB.

Oh, and don't forget to plug in the AC power adapter (required to power the hard drive when you use eSATA).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad but beware of finicky hard drives, December 16, 2011

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J. Davis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eagle Tech ET-CSKESU2-BK 2.5/3.5-Inch Drive Docking Station with Card Reader, USB Hub, eSATA and OTB (Personal Computers)

I picked one of these up for work. It's working well in eSATA mode (please see the review about setting AHCI mode if you have trouble), but I noticed something peculiar. One of my hard drives does not like to stand straight up like you see in the picture. It would spin up, be detectable in the BIOS, but after a couple minutes, the device would vanish and the hard drive would power down after making some interesting seeking noises. To solve this, I had to tip the entire docking station on its side. Now it works perfectly. The drive is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB.

Hope this helps someone!

One other thing to note it's quite bulky and doesn't look all that great. It also does not use the latest USB 3.0 standard, but will work fine in a USB 3.0 port at USB 2.0 speeds.