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Question

Does my computer has the ability to be a port multiplier?

May 6, 2012 12:07AM PDT

Im currently in the market for an external hard drive. I was looking at a multi bay enclosure such as Mediasonic's Probox. However I keep reading where it says that for the computer to recognize and use all of the drives your computer's esata ports need to be able to support a port multiplier. I know my computer has an esata port I just don't know if it supports a port multiplier. My laptop is a Dell Studio 1558 that was purchased in 2010?
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Only dell may know.
May 6, 2012 3:20AM PDT
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You missed two words.
May 6, 2012 6:30PM PDT

and use all of the drives SIMULTANEOUSLY, your computer's esata ports need to be able to support a port multiplier (not just port multiplier but FSI).