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Plug separated from the cable during first installation. Item went straight to the trash.
Unfortunately, two of them have failed. There are two problems with this enclosure. Second, the loose socket and poorly attached screws indicate that quality control appears to be poor at the factory.I recently bought a Macally G-S350SU Hi-Speed eSata/USB2.0 External Storage Enclosure for 3.5inch SATA HDD from Amazon, and recommend it highly. I need to move my drives from one computer to another, and it is clear that this connection will eventually fail. (Yes, I should have disconnected the cable from the power supply before trying to plug it into the enclosure).The third enclosure failed right from the start. The failure of the second enclosure was caused by the fragile and hard-to-insert power connector.
The pins bent, so I disconnected the cable from the power supply and straightened the pins. I inserted them into the enclosure, connected the power cable, and found that the drive would not power up. I bought one of these enclosures, liked it, and later bought two more. The Macally attaches to a 12-volt power supply with one of those standard inline plugs, which means that there are no pins to get bent, and you can buy spare power supplies if you want to move the drive between computers without having to move the power supplies as well. The screws in the third enclosure were poorly attached, so the board came loose. First, the 6-pin connection on the power-supply cable, which brings 5 volts and 12 volts from the power supply, is fragile and difficult to connect to the enclosure. The Macally is only a few dollars more, and in my opinion would be a better option even if it were more expensive.
Close examination revealed that the socket had not been soldered to the board. The first enclosure worked and is still working. The drive is attached to a sturdy, nice-looking aluminum enclosure. I tried to attach the hard drive to the SATA cable attached to the circuit board for the enclosure, but as I did so, the cable and its socked socket detached from the circuit board for the enclosure. In addition, the circuit board in the enclosure is attached to the frame by two small screws. (The drive simply slides into the Sabrent, and it rattles around when you move it). I've already ordered another Macally.
I found it easy to install the drive. Although the on off button should be in front after you use it a few times you hand just knows where to go to turn it off. This thing is a work mule for me. Plugged it up and my drive came to life. Philips DVP5960 DVD Player with HDMI, 1080i Upscaling, DivX Ultra, USB directAlso I heard that with the esata out you can plug this into your cable dvr box and add storage space that way. there were 2 jacks. I move it around a lot and don't feel the drive sliding around inside.
this is a great way to save a drive that you have no room for internally in your computer. I had an old 500gig drive. There are no other buttons that you could accidentally touch. A power jack and drive jack slide drive into case then install 2 screws to hold case closed. The drive stays cooler than when I had it in my computer case. My DVD accepts usb drives and can play divx movies straight from this unit. If you try it remember it formats the drive to work with the cable box so make sure the drive is blank.
There were few to none eSATA enclosures available with free shipping, thus the pick. This one works fine, except the drive is not secured inside the enclosure. It plugs into the pin mount but only slides into the case. It should at least be secured better to the pin mount.
I bought this for my husband and he loves it, no problems and loves how it looks. User friendly.
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