How to test eSATA socket?

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I have an external hard driver and a notebook which both support eSATA. however, when I use the eSATA cable to connect them, the data write to the driver always fail. So I am wondering whether there is any method to test which part, external driver, notebook or cable, has problem. the driver and the notebook are not cheap, so I can't find another one to test. plz help me.

BTW, if the driver and notebook can be connected by usb, which is working perfectly, so the problem might be the eSATA socket.
My notebook is running vista 32. and because it is a "notebook", the bios setting is really not helpful at all...

The thing is, my notebook can read/write the driver and the partions on it, but with some random errors that can be found in event log.(I can't find them now because the events log is lost due to its capcity)
 
You can also get into bios of your laptop and see if you have SATA settings, switch it to native IDE. This will be as good as installing the ACHI driver. If you cannot find a setting or it is locked, you have to find a driver for your laptop. If you can change it, It will work...
 
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