USB/eSATA combo cable to (2x)USB?

Hi. I have a Dell Latitude with an external media module that connects over a USB/eSATA combo port. I was wondering if it's possible to find some sort of cable or adapter to let me connect it to another computer, ideally over USB. I've seen a number of posts about connecting eSATA devices, like this one, but they mostly seem to describe the other way - converting other devices to be able to use the combo port.

I bought an eSATA to USB adapter, like this in the hopes that it would let me connect the device. However, despite claiming it worked with external CD drives, it gets no power, which makes me think that it's only passing along the data channel, not the power.

I also found this neat adapter, but it goes the wrong way -> eSATA and a USB-power to a combo-port. I really want something that can go the other way, that I can then put through the eSATA->USB adapter. I'm also fine with a single device, but I don't know if that exists, either. this other one is also close, except I'd need it to have a female eSATA/USB combo on the other end, not a male one.

Any ideas? Does such a device even exist? Any help/links would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Is this really that hard of a question? Or have I overlooked something so blindingly obvious that no one will point me to it?

 

the thing is, esata is not powered.
you can't expect something to work if you only connect it to a normal esata port. you need power. that usb/esata combo gives esata data + usb power.
that's why the adapters didn't worked.
I also suppose that a Y usb cable won't work since the data is esata not usb, dunno if it works.
Anyway that last cable you showed imo it should work. Though it's female in one end. but that's easy... just get something like this:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.745
it will get the power from usb and the data from esata. hope it works.

 

FTL? USD? I'm not sure on the best way to translate that. (I'm assuming it's morse code).

Thanks for the reply. You confirmed what I suspected, in that it didn't work because it was data only. However, the problem is that last cable still won't work, either. The drive has a cable that goes from a proprietary connector (M) to eSATA/USB combo (M). The laptop has an eSATA/USB combo (F) port. So one end of the connector/cable needs to be that same Female eSATA/USB combo. Both of the connectors above are Male. So unless there are eSATA/USB combo gender changers out there (I certainly haven't seen one) I'm still looking.

 

That's what I excepted it's another crappy PROPRIETARY format from DELL in order to prevent the costumer from using other products rather then DELL ones. it happens a lot in the graphic cards. no surprise here.
I known that some other brands, like MSI for example, also have esata/usb combo slots but I bet that in those notebooks that would work.
It's a proprietary format so it's very unlikely that some company makes such a cable because they would need a permit from DELL to use their proprietary format, and that won't ever ever happen.

 

Well, the one end is a standard eSATA/USB combo port. It does work in my friend's Lenovo, which has a similar port. However, I really would like to be able to use it in a computer without the port. Are there really no cables/adapters with a female eSATA/USB combo-port on it somewhere? Seems like a market for someone who wants to fill it...

 

like I said, it's a proprietary format. the manufacturer of those cables would have to make an agreement with the owner of the patent. of course DELL wouldn't allow that to happen.
There are no such a cable. your only option is to make one, it's not very hard, though I don't have that much knowledge.

 

I think this is what you guys are looking for. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123311 The problem is i want one with a nicer enclosure.

 

I don't think that is what the OP is looking for - that device needs to plug into an ESATA/USB combo port.

The OP needs an eSATA - USB adaptor which has a female eSATA/USB combo port (ie both power and data) but the adaptors that are currently available seem to be standard eSATA with data only.

John