Quote Originally Posted by hixie View Post
e-SATA are for external hard disc, they are also not "L" shaped inside but "l" shaped inside. So having e-SATA inside is rather useless. What were you thinking?

It's probably 2 SATA ports that are controlled by another chip individual of the other one. To sort out the problem that not all SATA optical drives can be used when the south bridge RAID option is enabled. Like their ICFX3200 mobo.
e-sata ports on the motherboard that aren't external are "L"(the port is where the other SATA ports and not with the I/O panel stuff). E-sata brackets will have a cable with an "L" side to plug into the motherboard and an "I" plug on the external part. Almost every e-sata enclosure is packaged with this kind of bracket. AFAIK e-sata "compatable" sata mobo ports only differ in terms of their power requirements.
Look at the xbx2's red colored sata plug. Its designated as e-sata.