Product ID: TB2USB3ES
The TB2USB3ES Thunderbolt™ to eSATA + USB 3.0 Adapter lets you expand your MacBook or laptop connectivity by combining Thunderbolt to eSATA and Thunderbolt to USB 3.0 functionality into a single, compact adapter. You gain two vital interfaces that are unavailable or limited on most Thunderbolt-equipped systems, delivering fast, reliable performance, more connection possibilities, and rugged portability.
Experience fast, effective and reliable performance from your essential peripherals! Now, you can leverage the 10 Gbps bandwidth of your Thunderbolt port to create a scalable, high-speed solution that offers eSATA and USB 3.0 connectivity.
To maximize efficiency, two dedicated lanes connect the Thunderbolt adapter directly to your system PCIe bus. Each lane delivers 5 Gbps bandwidth so you effectively avoid performance bottlenecks when both ports are in use. This versatile adapter gives you fast, simple and reliable external connectivity, offered by revolutionary Thunderbolt technology.
Take full advantage of your current peripherals! Saving you the added expense of purchasing new devices, this single adapter lets you simultaneously connect your existing peripherals through your Thunderbolt port - perfect for eSATA external hard drives (with SATA III support), as well as USB 3.0 hubs (with UASP support), or for syncing with your tablet or smartphone.
You can even integrate the adapter into the end of a Thunderbolt daisy-chain configuration! Connect the adapter to your Thunderbolt Docking Station (SKU: TBDOCKHDPBC - sold separately), for further MacBook expandability!
Get work done on the go, and look great doing it! A rugged and travel-friendly design lets you tuck the adapter neatly into your laptop bag, plus the casing combines portability with durability to offer quality protection that lets you take the adapter anywhere.
This sleek and stylish Thunderbolt adapter aesthetically matches your MacBook Pro® or MacBook Air®, with a silver sandblast finish and black rubberized grips. Plus, the compact adapter requires no external power, and integrates a built-in Thunderbolt cable as well as hassle-free plug-and-play installation.
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Warranty Information | Warranty | 2 Years |
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Connector(s) | 1 - Connector Type(s) | Thunderbolt™ (20-pin) |
eSATA (7 pin, Data) | ||
USB Type-A (9 pin) USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) | ||
Environmental | Operating Temperature | -10°C to 55°C (14°F to 131°F) |
Storage Temperature | -20°C to 85°C (-4°F to 185°F) | |
Hardware | Ports | 2 |
Interface | eSATA | |
USB 3.0 | ||
Bus Type | Thunderbolt | |
Chipset ID | Intel - DSL2210 ASMedia - ASM1061 ASMedia - ASM1042A |
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Packaging Information | Shipping (Package) Weight | 161 g [5.7 oz] |
Package Length | 17.5 cm [6.9 in] | |
Package Width | 14 cm [5.5 in] | |
Package Height | 32 mm [1.3 in] | |
Performance | Maximum Data Transfer Rate | 10 Gbps (Thunderbolt) 5 Gbps (eSATA) 5 Gbps (USB 3.0) |
Type and Rate | Thunderbolt - 10 Gbit/s | |
UASP Support | Yes | |
Type and Rate | SATA III (6 Gbps) | |
Port Multiplier | Yes | |
LBA support | 48-bit | |
Hardware Raid Supported | No | |
Physical Characteristics | Color | Silver |
Material | Plastic | |
Cable Length | 13 cm [5.1 in] | |
Product Length | 78 mm [3.1 in] | |
Product Width | 48.5 mm [1.9 in] | |
Product Height | 20.5 mm [0.8 in] | |
Weight of Product | 73 g [2.6 oz] | |
Software | OS Compatibility | Windows® 8, 8.1, 10 Mac OS® 10.8.4 to 10.13 |
What's in the Box | 1 - Included in Package | Thunderbolt Adapter |
Instruction Manual |
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Live Chat (opens in new window)When Windows asks, “Where do you want to install Windows?” choose “Load Driver.” Then connect a USB drive (or insert a CD) with the controller’s RAID driver and load the correct one for the OS you will be installing.
In order to use a hard drive plugged into a hard drive controller card as your operating system, you need to install the operating system onto the hard drive while it is plugged into the expansion card. To do this, complete the following:
Note: Not all hard drive controller cards have drivers that allow you to install the operating system onto the hard drive. All of the hard drive controllers that display this FAQ include this capability.
Before you begin, consult the documentation that came with the motherboard to make sure that the motherboard or BIOS supports booting from an expansion card.
Although you can adapt a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drive to connect to a standard SATA controller card, the card must support SAS commands in order to communicate with SAS drives. SAS drives have a different command set that is not present on SATA controllers.
This SATA controller card only supports standard SATA drives.
This device does not support the ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) protocol. ATAPI is required for optical drives, including CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, and Blu-ray players. Because this device does not support ATAPI, optical drives are also not supported over any IDE, SATA, or eSATA connections.
For a list of products that do support ATAPI, refer to the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/faq/hard_drive_controllers_atapi_support.
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