Overview With Tripp Lite's P952-002, SATA to eSATA bracket/cable, you can connect an external eSATA hard drive to your internal SATA controller. Simply plug the standard 7-pin SATA connector into an available port on your controller card or motherboard, and the bracket into an available external I/O slot. No software to load...completely plug and play. 24" cable provides plenty of length to connect any where inside a PC case. 26AWG cable rated to handle current 6Gbps SATA speeds.