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v6killa
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posted: Jul. 8, 2007 @ 12:29a 
BBB Rating for companies: Coolmax - F
Powmax - F
Eaglebit - BB I went ahead and ordered the EagleBit one, it looks better than the others and the rebate is less risky. |
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shortstick
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posted: Jul. 8, 2007 @ 11:28p
Do any of these drives spin down after inactivity or system shutdown? |
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Starrx05
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posted: Jul. 8, 2007 @ 11:41p
shortstick said:Do any of these drives spin down after inactivity or system shutdown? No, at this low price, no company is going to buy a chipset with that feature to install. Most enclosures with auto on/off power saving feature are those sold with HD included under a brand name like the WD MyBook or Buffalo. |
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swc888
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posted: Jul. 9, 2007 @ 12:07p
Just received the Ultra ULT-31738 2.5" hard drive enclosure. According to the package, it should include a carrying case and a USB AT2 IDE Driver on CD-Rom, but they are both missing. |
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katzmandoo
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posted: Jul. 9, 2007 @ 1:41p
will any of these support the 500gb $90 outpost deal? |
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characterbuilding
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 8:36a
Buy.com has a Moving Star One Touch Backup 2.5" USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Enclosure FAR! Sku 204033117 . Free shipping too! |
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Elric428
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 8:56a
characterbuilding said:Buy.com has a Moving Star One Touch Backup 2.5" USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive Enclosure FAR! Sku 204033117 . Free shipping too! Drive added. Thanks. Rebate shows a picture of a different drive. The EMVOTB25 is supposedly a Powmax drive, yet the rebate says Diablotek. Powmax Link |
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actionjaksnm
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 10:12a
katzmandoo said:will any of these support the 500gb $90 outpost deal?
These are ones I could find info for: Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK: supports up to 750GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DSL: supports up to 400GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DBK: supports up to 400GB text Note: All of them have an IDE interface, and will not work with SATA drives. |
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lawadvocate
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 10:18a
Out of curiosity why would anyone want a 2.5" external enclosure (unless you have an extra 2.5" drive laying around) aren't the hard drives (notebook) that fit into these things a fortune? |
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Elric428
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 10:23a
lawadvocate said:Out of curiosity why would anyone want a 2.5" external enclosure (unless you have an extra 2.5" drive laying around) aren't the hard drives (notebook) that fit into these things a fortune?
2.5" external enclosures can be powered by just the laptops USB ports. No need for external power. Very handy when traveling and away from an external power source. Also these drives are small enough to fit in your pocket which makes them very convenient.
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igiddyuup
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 10:31a
lawadvocate said:Out of curiosity why would anyone want a 2.5" external enclosure (unless you have an extra 2.5" drive laying around) aren't the hard drives (notebook) that fit into these things a fortune? What if you have a laptop drive that won't boot and you want to try grabbing some of the files off via your desktop? Thats why I want one. |
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AnimEva
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posted: Jul. 10, 2007 @ 11:29a
women love the 2.5 enclosures, they dont like the 3.5 ones, too bulky. Its definitely better for traveling. |
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Elric428
- Senior Member - 5K
posted: Jul. 11, 2007 @ 9:22a
The COOLMAX HD-389-U2 3.5in IDE Hard Drive Enclosure is back in stock! |
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durin
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posted: Jul. 11, 2007 @ 9:26a
Elric428 said:The COOLMAX HD-389-U2 3.5in IDE Hard Drive Enclosure is back in stock! Showing as backordered for me  |
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Sondra
- Senior Member
posted: Jul. 13, 2007 @ 1:41p
I ordered the Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK 3.5" USB2.0 to IDE External Enclosure - Retail. The manual says to remove one screw (not the four near the corners) from the base stand and pull it apart. It's not coming apart easily. Should I pull it off with force? Remove the other screws? Or something else? |
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manly
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posted: Jul. 13, 2007 @ 1:47p
Starrx05 said:shortstick said:Do any of these drives spin down after inactivity or system shutdown?
No, at this low price, no company is going to buy a chipset with that feature to install. Most enclosures with auto on/off power saving feature are those sold with HD included under a brand name like the WD MyBook or Buffalo.
The drive itself should still spin down. My Adaptec enclosure does do so on a Mac connected via FireWire; but for some reason it doesn't spin down when connected to a Windows PC via USB 2. There's probably a setting somewhere that I'm missing. |
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katzmandoo
- Cranky Member
posted: Jul. 13, 2007 @ 2:07p
actionjaksnm said:katzmandoo said:will any of these support the 500gb $90 outpost deal?
These are ones I could find info for:
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK: supports up to 750GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DSL: supports up to 400GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DBK: supports up to 400GB text
Note: All of them have an IDE interface, and will not work with SATA drives. many times the stated supported size in inaccurate, anyone have experience with larger drives on these 400 ones |
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Elric428
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posted: Jul. 15, 2007 @ 11:23p
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HaloFans
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posted: Jul. 16, 2007 @ 1:16a
katzmandoo said:actionjaksnm said:katzmandoo said:will any of these support the 500gb $90 outpost deal?
These are ones I could find info for:
Eagle Consus T-Series ET-CSTU2-BK: supports up to 750GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DSL: supports up to 400GB text
POWMAX Moving Star EMVOTB35DBK: supports up to 400GB text
Note: All of them have an IDE interface, and will not work with SATA drives.
many times the stated supported size in inaccurate, anyone have experience with larger drives on these 400 ones
I have the Coolmax enclosure (was FAR on zipzoomfly), and it doesn't specify a drive size. Right now, I have a Seagate 500 GB PATA drive in there, and it's just fine. The drive limit is just a text filler to sell the product. |
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Starrx05
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posted: Jul. 16, 2007 @ 2:02a
manly said:Starrx05 said:shortstick said:Do any of these drives spin down after inactivity or system shutdown?
No, at this low price, no company is going to buy a chipset with that feature to install. Most enclosures with auto on/off power saving feature are those sold with HD included under a brand name like the WD MyBook or Buffalo.
The drive itself should still spin down.
My Adaptec enclosure does do so on a Mac connected via FireWire; but for some reason it doesn't spin down when connected to a Windows PC via USB 2. There's probably a setting somewhere that I'm missing. The answer is within your reply already. The key here is firewire vs. usb. Modern OS often has power management features that can talk to HD via S.M.A.R.T commands but when connected by USB these are lost or not translated. The enclosure's chipset has to do this talking itself. The older Maxtor OneTouch II series also has this feature but it looks like with the series III, they took that out to save cost. So far I like the MyBook most. They say you can adjust spin down/time out time but I haven't tried it. Again, don't expect easy quick rebates with these companies except the Ultra. You'll have to fight for it. |
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