- USB 2.0 external drive enclosures
- Posted by _BNC on January 23rd, 2005
I've had mixed results with external USB 2.0 enclosures (for 3-1/2"
drives). They often drop out (requiring a rescan of the USB bus, or even
a reboot. Not sure why, but I suspect USB chip implementation or maybe
power supply..
Are there any reasonably priced enclosures that work well?
How are the 'Metal Gear' enclosures? Any others?
Thanks
- Posted by Quaoar on January 23rd, 2005
_BNC wrote:
Your enclosure does have an external power supply? I do not believe
that USB will supply anything close to enough power for a desktop drive.
It will work with a laptop drive enclosure.
Q
- Posted by IDIDIT on January 23rd, 2005
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 06:05:17 -0500, _BNC <_BNC@nospam.com> wrote:
have several firewire hard drives attached. I bought the Oxford
enclosures seperatly and installed some drives I had in them. Good
solid operation. I don't run them for long periods as they are mainly
used for storage.
- Posted by _BNC on January 26th, 2005
On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:34:46 -0700, "Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net>
wrote:
Yes, definitely. I've used both types of Maxtors (older and new
One-Touch) and several different brands of 'generic' drive enclosures,
all of which have external supplies. That's the only way they'll work
with a 3-1/2" drive.
I need to find a source for a similar enclosure that doesn't occasionally
choose to drop out, which normally requires rescan of the USB hardware
(via device mgr) or a reboot. Not sure that I'd attribute those failures
to chintzy supplies, either. It seems to happen once in a while with the
Maxtors as well.
Recommendations, anyone?
