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Driverless eSata (NewerTech MAXPower 6G PCI eSATA Controller. 2 x eSATA ports)

Hello,

In my Mac Pro I have installed a NewerTech MAXPower 6G PCIe eSATA Controller. 2 x eSATA ports. This is to connect my external disk enclosure to the computer. The problem I am experiencing is that if the extermnal disk array is powered off during I boot my Mac or login to it after sleep - the external disks are not mounted. In order to get ones mounted to my Mac Pro I put my Mac to sleep, switch the external disk array on, wait until it boots and then wake up my Mac and login to the OS. Sometimes it requires more than one time to repeat it to get disks mounted.

Is there any way (terminal command, automator script etc...) to force a Mac to iniciate/activate or load drivers to the PCI eSATA Controller that I would be able to mount these disk without putting my Mac to sleep or taking any other special actions?

Thank you for your time.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 6Core 3.33GHz 24GB 4x3TB HDD+SSD

Posted on Jan 29, 2012 12:38 PM

18 replies

Jan 30, 2012 8:42 AM in response to Munas

Munas wrote:

I have not saved the box, but looking to the card pictures I think that I own http://www.newertech.com/products/pcieesata.php

and it has no drivers nor downloadable or on CD.

That looks like what I'm using too. I have mine in Slot 2, next to the video card. It gets two entries in System Profiler under PCI Cards:

Type:	IDE Controller
Driver Installed:	No
MSI:	No
Bus:	PCI
Slot:	Slot-2
Vendor ID:	0x1b4b
Device ID:	0x91a4
Subsystem Vendor ID:	0x1b4b
Subsystem ID:	0x91a4
Revision ID:	0x0011
Link Width:	x1
Link Speed:	5.0 GT/s

Type:	AHCI Controller
Driver Installed:	Yes
MSI:	Yes
Bus:	PCI
Slot:	Slot-2
Vendor ID:	0x1b4b
Device ID:	0x9123
Subsystem Vendor ID:	0x1b4b
Subsystem ID:	0x9123
Revision ID:	0x0011
Link Width:	x1
Link Speed:	5.0 GT/s

Does that match up with yours?

X423424X

Level 6

14,265 points

Jan 30, 2012 11:22 AM in response to Munas

Munas wrote:

I have not saved the box, but looking to the card pictures I think that I own http://www.newertech.com/products/pcieesata.php

and it has no drivers nor downloadable or on CD.

Ok, different cards from the one I was thinking of. Here's what I had gotten from OWC and returned:

Newer Technology MAXPower 6G PCIe eSATA RAID Controller card

Look similar but not.

Munas Author

Level 4

1,270 points

Jan 30, 2012 2:01 PM in response to FatMac-MacPro

FatMac\>MacPro wrote:

That looks like what I'm using too. I have mine in Slot 2, next to the video card. It gets two entries in System Profiler under PCI Cards:

Type: IDE Controller

Driver Installed: No

MSI: No

Bus: PCI

Slot: Slot-2

Vendor ID: 0x1b4b

Device ID: 0x91a4

Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1b4b

Subsystem ID: 0x91a4

Revision ID: 0x0011

Link Width: x1

Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s

Type: AHCI Controller

Driver Installed: Yes

MSI: Yes

Bus: PCI

Slot: Slot-2

Vendor ID: 0x1b4b

Device ID: 0x9123

Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1b4b

Subsystem ID: 0x9123

Revision ID: 0x0011

Link Width: x1

Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s

Does that match up with yours?

Absolutely the same, except that I am using slot-3

Driverless eSata (NewerTech MAXPower 6G PCI eSATA Controller. 2 x eSATA ports)