Okay, well a microsd card is smaller than a regular sd card. Usually these microsd cards go into a cell phone or mp3 player, something where space is limited. You can take the microsd card out and slide it into a little adapter that will go into a a ...
that would depend on the motherboard model, if you would like to post that. most motherboards don't do e-sata, just....regular sata. e-sata is for external drives, and requires a (usually pci) card with e-sata inputs. most sata controller cards have ...
sata raid? have you installed the RAID drivers for the RAID chipset controllers and has RAID been enabled in the motherboard? and some RAID set up require only 1 cable directly to the drive, others can chain 2 on the same PATA ribbon