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

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Works as advertised. A bit of a tight squeeze for the IDE and power cables, but all issues thought of, the case is a solid build, very simple on the eyes and quiet. The item picture on NewEgg shows a laptop-style power cord with a brick in the middle. This is what I was expecting, and it would have been fine. Nevertheless, what you get is a substantial brick that covers two-3 outlet slots on my UPS.The other difficulty was minor. The manual refers to a red/white energy cable for the LED. It is, in truth, a single white cable with two pins and no indication of which way to attach it to the three-pin plug. Simple adequate to figure out (only two choices, immediately after all), but an error that should be addressed.

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Worked perfectly. I've applied it for a affordable way to mount a pata drive in my method and recover information from it. None? waitthe indicator light wire for the enclosure stops it from closing perfectly unless you use some force and move it around some if you need to have, get, if you dont want, dont get

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nice huntingperforms no sataI'd rather have the power switch on the front. I've been making use of this case for a over 2 years with fantastic final results. If you have a IDE drive and want to use it as an external USB-two, this situation will work well.

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Does precisely what I necessary it to, Turned an old difficult drive into an accessible storage medium the proprietary energy source is type of a pain if you had been to lose it for any cause, also the energy brick is big If you want to turn an old IDE HDD into an external this functions perfecty

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Easy to set up, functions instantly Runs pretty hot. Manufacturer Response:Our enclosure is made from aluminum which guarantees that any heat generated from your difficult drive is transferred to the outside of the enclosure and away from your difficult drive. So essentially you complete enclosure is acting as a massive heatsink which keeps your hard drive operating cooler. If you have any queries please really feel free of charge to contact us for much more support.

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If u click on the particulars tab, it only says its compatible with os up to xp. Off to the suitable, if u click: makers web site, it is updated saying it IS compatible with vista and 7 and latest versions of unix and mac. None Wonderful product for a affordable price.

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Functions perfectly, even on ancient drives. I had a stack of old drives from extended gone machines, and didn't want to go by the difficulty of installing them to verify the contents. I was in a position to rapidly swap them out via this USB drive and recovered lots of old data I would have otherwise just thrown away. This case is nicely constructed, and works flawlessly. none

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Somewhat effortless to setup and gets the job accomplished. Gets crazy hot. Doesn't impede performance but I don't want to have it plugged in all the time due to the fact it gets so hot.

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The blue LED light turned on. I plugged it in for the initially tim e a couple days ago and it froze my personal computer. the next couple of instances i attempted to access it, the auto play took more than five hours to finish. after the autoplay was ultimately performed and i (or as i thought) was able to access the drive, i got about two mouse clicks in and it froze my pc once more. the preceding five occasions i tried, the autoplay took less and less time but it often ended up freezing my personal computer. not cool

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IDE to USB!!!i consider that im not the only here that thinks out of the box. i truly just purchased this to reformat my net book and my netbook doesn't have a sata connector. so i got this, opened it up, linked IDE DVD drive to it and connected to the net book. did the job perfectly! not only that, but i now have an enclosure for my back up difficult drive! WIN WIN acquire I wish i bought it in black...the connectors don't want to disconnect most of the time generally, this enclosure is ideal for converting IDE to usb format but only for a speedy and quick hook up. but i wouldn't recommend employing this as a converter permanently. let the enclosure do it's job and guard a HDD. Other than that, it's Ideal.

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This device is seriously straightforward to set up.Not loud like some can be.Non plastic shell. The only purpose I pout 4 is that it is not effortless to swap HDs. The side rails are so tight you ought to be careful or you may cut oneself. Despite the fact that possessing it tight is fantastic and secure.

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Not Quite a few. Will get the job accomplished. You cannot fit an IDE drive inside the enclosure and nonetheless be able to close it all the way. I am getting to use it with no the cover with the IDE and PWR operating to the IDE Drive. I only purchased this due to the fact it was low-cost. I got the data off the IDE's I needed but could never get the enclosure to close when a drive was inside.

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PATA may possibly be dying but I nevertheless have a bunch of PATA drives hanging around. Functions nicely with my 750GB Seagate Status LED is really vibrant

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Bought each a red IDE and a black IDE a single. Effortless to install the drive and was immediately reconized. Good looking as well. On the red one I smelled a thing funny immediately after about a month, looked and the power supply was smoking. It was toast. Right after about 4 months the other a single was wasted. The HDD lights went out right after about two weeks and no longer worked. Not truly necessary but was good.Each had been equiped with Seagate 40G HDD

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This enclosure was quiet and kept my HD cool - in two years, barely any troubles. It did the job, survived much less-than-dainty handling, and stood up to getting treated like a genuinely portable device. It was solid, reliable, and did anything I wanted it to do. About two weeks ago, it refused to turn on, but I'll be purchasing an additional to replace it since of how well it performed in the course of its life. Size & power cable make it not truly portable unless there's plugs around, but a 2.5" is much better for transportable anyway. The light went out immediately after about two minutes of use - didn't bother me at all. If you want to convert an old HD or even use a new just to have some thing for extra storage at home/the workplace, this is a excellent small item. I purchased it based on its Newegg rating - it in no way disappoints!

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Have been using it for virtually two years, nevertheless performs nicely.1) Sturdy built2) Nice bright color The cons are not that negative1) Unit is warm after about an hourtwo) The blue led light doesn't last lengthy, die true rapid, but its just cosmetic to me three) Cable inside can be a tight squeeze The blue led light was the initially point to die on me after about three days, wasn't a massive deal since I didn't like the light anyway.

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Effortless to set-up, trustworthy, runs cool, looks excellent. None so far. Harvested my old challenging drive before upgrading my program. Permits me to access all my old files as necessary with out transferring any junk onto my new machine.

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rapidly transfer rate, cool to the touch, good exterior paint job, secure fit for hard drives, *shiny*, nice led (only bright if you stare straight into it), $$cheap$$, really quickly shipping the connection of the back panel (on which you pull to get rid of the difficult drive tray) feels a small flimsy and I really feel like I'm going to bend or even break it off when I'm pulling it apart, but it looks well produced, so I'm hoping its just my personal fears (hence the five eggs and "so far so great"). I seriously based my alternative on the other critiques, so I hope mine is valuable to an additional initially-timer on external tough drive enclosures. to the forementioned - make sure and check out the 1- and 2-egg reviews, they will let you know what feasible troubles you can encounter and you can make a decision much better if you are prepared to take the likelihood.

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The case looks good and the stand fits snug to the case so that the stand stays with the case if it is picked up. The connection to the IDE drive is a brief ribbon cable. It appears the board could have been developed to have the drive interface directly to the board without having the cable. I have place a 500GB drive into the enclosure and am using it to back-up the hard drive of the Pc my young children use. I have had the enclosure a few weeks and it works fantastic.

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Non, simply because it by no means worked Received the initial one DOA - didn't even turn on. RMAed it, received the second one DOA. Has to be a product flaw. The adapter's light was on when plugged in, but zero activity with the enclosure. I would Highly Advocate shopping for another brand.

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Nice look, very easy to configure and use. in 30 seconds I had my old drive installed and was up and running. None I can feel of. Only had it a single day though. I'm working with this for backup, absolutely nothing speed-crucial.

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Looks fairly, dose it job genuinely great, simple install. my IDE drive lives on. Fingerprints(can't be avoided). I have 160GB HD in this and it functions fantastic, I function laptop or computer assistance in my collage dorms operates actually great for data backups when I need to do a reformat on some ones computer system.

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Had it running for a couple of hours and it stayed reasonably cool. Simple to install and comes with the screws for mounting which is hassle-free. looks sleek, feels cool, and doesn't take up a lot of area. Very sturdy and effortless to carry about. Has rubber pegs to lay on its side also in case you don't want to use the stand. Lights up blue when on. Back on/off switch much much easier to use than my touch sensitive seagate I've had for about a year or so now. Plug in USB and go. Plugging the power in to the back of the unit is somewhat difficult. Nearly believed I was going to break through the back plate or something. Also, the plug for the socket is really large. About a small smaller sized than a hockey puck, only square. Just make sure you have some room for that. I would recommend it.

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Quiet and cool. Connectors all operate well, and the case is well designed and appealing. Does not assistance SATA difficult drives... Make confident you get the suitable enclosure for the job you want it to perform. I had a 300G IDE drive I slapped in it, and it was up and running in a matter of minutes.

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It functions Too small. This is my 3rd usb enclosure. The first two were huge sufficient to SLIDE your hard drive into it. This one particular necessary some effective persuasion to get the drive all the way to the bottom of the case. There are three protruding pieces in the bottom of the case that are supposed to hold the drive tightly. Boy do they ever! When I finally got it assembled (I thought) I plugged it into my XP machine. It works, but the lone indicator lite didn't. No way am I going to attempt and extract the drive to replug the lite connector, I'll use it this way. Intended use is infrequent backups about an hour at a time. Air in that case is NONE. I wouldn't want to leave the drive on all the time.