VANTEC NEXSTAR3 NST-360U2-RD 3.5IN USB2.0 ALUMINUM IDE HARDDRIVE ENCLOSURE RED W/ POWER ADAPTER

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Good searching metal all around enclosure..eazy set up.. the enclosure will get somewhat hot..

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It operates with all the IDE drives I have tried in it so far ྪ), and operates flawlessly, just have to plug it in and start off copying off files. Not really as easy as a dock, that you just place in and eject, this one particular needs you open the case and screw in the drive each and every time and the wires inside are kinda annoying if they get stuck.

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Didn't expense much; looks sharpSomewhat easy set up of challenging drive with immediate recognition of by XP Property; no want for driver disk. The tray that holds the drive is die-punched and the process leaves a sharp edges that weren't ground off. Particularly, the cut-out behind the energy and IDE connections was sharp sufficient to grab the surface of my thumbnail numerous instances as I tried to push the ribbon connector into the drive. It didn't hurt, but it was annoying. I only necessary this to transfer data from my really old IDE system drive onto my new SATA primarily based personal computer. It did serve the goal and it's LOTS much easier than utilizing multiple CD-RW's or any other method.

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Does as advertised case is sort of on the low cost side but oh properly it did what I necessary it to do. Would have been much better if the drives swapped out less difficult

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I enjoy this issue. I use it all the time with no issues. none.

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Good searching enclosure. Some complain about the light being too vibrant, properly wear shades then. I like that vibrant light uncomplicated to see activity. I have a western digital 250 drive in it and employed it for 1 week 24x7 and it gets warm to the touch. It calls for a small bit of effort to install the drive. You have to make sure that you don't damage any cables when closing it. The PCBA is a bit flimsy. I would not recommend this solution for somebody who would be swapping the drives a lot. Fingerprints show up, but clean simply. As stated in one more evaluation, the LED connector is not keyed, just make confident you place it correct ahead of closing the enclosure. This is a genuinely good looking unit (did I say this just before).

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It is quite brick. BEWARE. I feel the good testimonials are properly meaning but are evaluations from a handful of days to weeks of ownership!Each of mine failed withing six months. One at about four months and a single at six months. This was with light use of about 2 to four hours a week!The irony is I decided to avoid the low cost enclosures and get these! 1 took a drive with it. They had been nicely ventilated and not used continously. Drives had been substantial Top quality seagates. I had 4 500 gb drives, two in my Computer which is used heavily and on 24ǝ and two in these vantecs which had been utilized extremely infrequently. The very first began mount an dsimount. checked the cables which were not stressed, they were fine. It then died taking the drive with it. The second a single exhibited the exact same symptoms cause r/w erros and then failed. Manufacturer Response:We are deeply sorry that your product is not functioning appropriately. Rest assure that your product if it is beneath a year from the date of acquire does have a 1 year warranty. Please apply for an RMA quantity from our RMA center/warranty section situated here (http://www.vantecusa.com/front/rma/warranty). If you have any further queries please feel cost-free to e-mail us back as we would be much more than happy to further assist you. Thank you and have a nice day!

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Eye-catching. DOA. I contacted NexStar and discussed with them. They had been friendly, but there actually isn't a lot that can be accomplished. It either performs, or it doesn't. We tested this enclosure on 4 unique drives and none of them worked. To verify that it was the NexStar enclosure, we attempted one particular of the drives in one more enclosure and it worked excellent. I did find that the frame for the tricky drive was rather tight on the drive, creating it hard to place drives into. If you are going to be swapping drives in and out, that could be a consideration.

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I like the situation and its cooling capabilities. Many have stated that it gets warm, which is accurate, but it does not get hot. I have applied it with my Mac and Computer with no troubles. Fingerprints do not truly bother me. If I want to shine it up a straightforward soft cloth will do. none so far. Does the job for a descent cost. I advise.

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Good good quality, simple to install, works completely, decision of colors to differentiate the drives Having to get a lot more hard drives to need this enclosure - actually, no cons at all - it's a excellent box. Purely USB, best for going amongst desktop and laptop - much less functions to 'fail' when you don't require e-SATA and USB on the same box.

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Nicely created, straightforward to assemble, operates like any other USB storage device. I found WD Caviar drives are a tight match in the caddy; I had to apply rather a lot of pressure to get them into place. The assembly is so uncomplicated, you might not want the manual. However, one factor the manual explains that may possibly not be obvious: you need to set your drive jumper to MASTER (it's not unusual for drives to be set to CS at the factory). Not a massive deal...but easy to overlook.

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Uncomplicated to setup and run, Drivers identified quickly on windows 7, reads my 300gb internal IDE maxtor which was partitioned to two. A bit of a tight match which may be great, but be careful even though handling the cables would get an additional a single from vantec for my SATAs

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Pretty slim, side standing and stable, power switch, power on LED, $CHEAP$ The power adapter covers two outlets on a surge protector unless you plug it into 1 of the finish outlets. This brought on me to have to reboot my computer which was a tiny annoying. Installation was a little tough mainly because it's a very tight fit for the HDD, but when it's installed, that's in fact a pro for this enclosure as you don't want your drive to slide around or have any wires receiving chaffed. I bought the red version since it was a few bucks more affordable, but if you're into the looks division, get the black or blue because the blue energy-on LED on the front of this enclosure looks ridiculous with the red casing. I don't care, but just FYI.

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Worked perfectly for 3 days. Good case. About an hour ago, I needed to access some files, so I plugged the enclosure in and opened my Pc folder. A popup came up saying I necessary to format my harddrive in order to use it. What the heck? So I restart the enclosure, thinking it was just a glitch. I can access 1 of the partitions, but not the one particular I want. I get an additional popup saying I nonetheless will need to format the disk. Frustrated, I see if I get the similar popup with my other harddrive. Soon after swapping the drives, my personal computer fails to detect the harddrive. I alter USB ports and nonetheless nothing. I plug the first drive back on, still absolutely nothing. And now the enclosure won't even turn on. The power provide just failed. I'm going to RMA this, hopefully the new one won't fail so speedily. Plug n play worked great. Other than that, I'm disappointed.

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Low-cost and I've ordered 5 of them and they have all worked like they must. Can get hot mainly because of no fan but works fine.

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This item is operating good, and appears to be good for what it's made to do. I like the LED light and the switch (which is on the back); the entire style is brilliant. The top quality is excellent, and it didn't take lengthy to install the HDD. It's what you require for an IDE HDD Enclosure! None. Newegg was fantastic; great shipping time!

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I have several IDE drives lying around from dead PCs and purchased this as a hassle-free strategy of extracting any fantastic data from them. For that it worked incredibly well. I also identified the bad ones.Probable future use will be as a transfer medium and/or off network safety.Case is a tight so decided not to install the screws to hold it with each other.It is USB with its own power, not seriously a lot to go wrong. Case is a tight fit with the LED connection at proper angles to the direction of extraction, which could cause a difficulty if pulled out too quickly and also typically. I left the lead off with no concerns. I use Linux, specifically SuSE and Ubuntu, and typically search Newegg for Linux connected comments so I am mentioning Linux to enable other Linux customers.Be cautious when pulling the drive out. The rear panel is attached to the board on the back side (opposite side of the lettering) and flexes, as it is a tight fit in the case, it could break. No notion of the possible harm as I have not broken it yet.

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Fantastic worth for the expenseStraightforward to install the HD in caseStraightforward hookupQuietPurty fantastic lookinSimply standard guidelines That blue light is vibrant, exactly where's my shades? Wahoo, ordered from Newegg on Monday, received it on Tuesday, installed the HD, Vista picked it correct up and installed the drivers. Considering that it was a new 300 GB HD, I had to give it a signature and then format it. That took a couple of hours to do. First information transfer was moving some big digital movie files from my internal HD to the Vantec, took a tiny over 4 min to transfer 5.45 GB. Considering about ordering another given that I have utilized 300GB that I could install also. How about triple redundancy. I would advise this item to a friend.

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Really great searching, I mean outstanding. It functions as advertised and it actually does keep cool. Even the wall wart is not also substantial. By the time you get a challenging drive loaded into it there is sufficient weight that it does not manage the accidental "drop test" nicely. Mine has been whacked around pretty excellent and it still works. This unit ought to be place on a shelf and applied in that manner. I do not advocate employing it as a portable and taking it from place to spot.That plastic base wants to meet some Gorilla Glue. Twice I've fumbled around with the drive and grabbed that base, only to have it hit the floor anyway.

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Excellent fit and finish.Fantastic energy provide design.Uncomplicated set up: snug fit=better drive cooling.Robust rear connectors.Stylish industrial design.Efficiently dissipates drive heat. None so far.Doesn't come with a nice leather case??? *LOL* More than 13 months following my initial review, this enclosure and the tricky drive in it are still going powerful. It gets warm to the touch but seems to dissipate heat readily maintaining the old drive inside happy and healthy. I've considering that bought two others and bought many for close friends.

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Like a lot of tech junkies out there, I have dozens of old IDE hard drives of several speeds and sizes which are just gathering dust. Normally most motherboards feature a handful of IDE slots available for these challenging drives but as technologies advances, old slots are phased out. The 780i board I used in unique only had one IDE slot for my CD/DVD drives. I necessary to get some information off of my old 200GB IDE tough drive and this did the trick. Unpacking the item, I was presented with pretty straightforward components as in "I consider I just stick this in there and screw that in" type of stuff. I didn't even need to have to read the manual, it was that uncomplicated. Putting in it into the computer system was an even simpler process, as Windows Vista right away recognized it and installed drivers for each the enclosure and the hard drive. The speeds were also surprisingly good as I could copy a 3GB file in about ten minutes. Not poor for an old IDE hard drive. I say a job effectively completed for this item. I couldn't ask for much more. None, other than I wish that these enclosures were a buck a piece so I could obtain a single for every single IDE challenging drive I personal. This is a sweet item. I don't genuinely have anything else to say other than I wish shifting out tough drives was a bit simpler. I have a lot of empty IDE tricky drives just waiting to be filled.

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Simple and reasonably priced external challenging drive enclosure, and when they say 'aluminum' they imply it. Installation was simple. Drive is held snugly on tray and 'wedged' onto 3 padded tabs and a single spring tab resulting in a solid mount. Mainly because unit is fanless, it is as quiet as the drive placed in the case. Most pictures I have seen of this unit show that the cover does not appear to align or fit perfectly with the case finish caps - I was concerned this indicated sloppy tolerances in manufacture, but the case I received aligned perfectly. Vertical mount stand is handy and most likely helps to preserve the unit cooler than laying horizontally. Although the transformer at the energy plug is bulky I choose it to a mid-cable brick. And in contrast to a lot of mid cable brick power cables, this a single is quite flexible. Assembled unit recognized immediately below XP Pro and Vista Property. Power swith is a plus. The source point for the drive information cable was offset from the utilized Maxtor tough drive information port by about 1Ǟ" resulting in some twist in the drive cable but there appears to be enough slack in the cable that this is not a difficulty. A single of the challenging drive mounting screws was improperly threaded on the finish and could not be started without threat of cross-threading the hole on the challenging drive. I also purchased a blue version of the identical case (VANTEC Nexstar 3 NST-360U2-BL) that worked similarly but the cable offset problem pointed out in cons was not present; in that instance the installed drive was a Seagate.

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Compact. Simple to setup. Feels solid. None I can consider of. Perhaps runs a tiny warm. Worked out of the box. Reformatted two external drives that have been idle given that �. Enclosure recognized them and I was up and operating in minutes. Have applied in Windows 7 and other is committed to a Mac.

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small too modest? Challenging to fit the drive into the situation and get the final screw to go all the way in. Soon after about six months of becoming on continually, used as backup drive for Mac OS X 10.five, the drive spontaneously dismounts/remounts every few minutes. If starting cold it will go for up to an hour before acquiring flaky once again. Power coming from a UPS so it's not the dilemma. Situation doesn't really feel that warm. I've attempted various USB cables, by means of hub and direct into computer. Nothing feels loose. Opened the case to re-seat the connections. Every thing was snug to start with, but I seen that 1 of the wires from the power connection has additional give to it that the other individuals exactly where it meets the circuit board. The four wires go in perpendicular and have a glop of glue across them presumably as a brace. Given the path these are pushed when you close the case, I'd say it's a superior opportunity a wire will get pushed loose. Now where's that soldering kit?

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Works nicely, doesn't flake out. Other evaluations say it is extremely sturdy/strong. I don't truly really feel it's that sturdy, it is definitely additional flimsy than a metal Fantom external drive. But that isn't a negative issue necessarily. I would favor a really sturdy case, such as a Fantom drive, but I haven't been capable to come across one particular so I purchased this 1. It's superior and I recommend it.