Firewire/USB2.0 case recommendations?
Folks, Anyone know of a good FireWire and/or USB 2.0 external Hard Drive case? It's got to have a builtin powersupply and be durable. Any suggestions appreciated. John
Laptop hard drive or full-sized? The lab I work in has a couple of these portable Firewire/USB 2.0 enclosures: http://www.cooldrives.com/25firmobexen.html It needs external power (there's a picture of the adapter on the page) only for plugging into the mini-Firewire connections (i.e. most laptop firewire connections), but works fine with a full-sized firewire, or USB without external power. It's just large enough for a laptop drive, so very portable (we fit the whole kit including all the extra connectors into one of those 25-CD nylon cases). -- Doug Geiger runexe@ece.wpi.edu runexe@ieee.org doug.geiger@gmail.com dgeiger@alum.wpi.edu Surface Metrology Lab Manager -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of John Stoffel Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:40 PM To: wlug@mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Firewire/USB2.0 case recommendations? Folks, Anyone know of a good FireWire and/or USB 2.0 external Hard Drive case? It's got to have a builtin powersupply and be durable. Any suggestions appreciated. John _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
Doug> Laptop hard drive or full-sized? The lab I work in has a couple Doug> of these portable Firewire/USB 2.0 enclosures: Since I had a full size (3.5") 120gb hard disk, that's what I got for a case. Doug> http://www.cooldrives.com/25firmobexen.html Doug> It needs external power (there's a picture of the adapter on the Doug> page) only for plugging into the mini-Firewire connections Doug> (i.e. most laptop firewire connections), but works fine with a Doug> full-sized firewire, or USB without external power. It's just Doug> large enough for a laptop drive, so very portable (we fit the Doug> whole kit including all the extra connectors into one of those Doug> 25-CD nylon cases). I on purpose got a case with a fan and a builtin power supply, along with both USB 2.0 and Firewire interfaces. We'll see how well it works out in practice later this week sometime. I could have gotten a smaller case, but I really don't like having to lug around the wall wart as well. And this way, it's all in one package, and I can find standard power cords *anywhere* I got pretty much. More details once I've played with the unit a bit. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel@lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-952-7548
John> Anyone know of a good FireWire and/or USB 2.0 external Hard John> Drive case? It's got to have a builtin powersupply and be John> durable. Any suggestions appreciated. Well, I didn't get any replies, but I went and looked around a bit and found a "Speed Metal Box" at a local store, but which I didn't like because it required a wall wart to use. Plus, it didn' have a builtin fan, it relied entirely on convection only. So I ended up ordering (for a cheaper price!) an ME-320 5.25" enclosure with builtin power supply and USB 2.0 and firewire interfaces. I'll let people know how it works once it comes in. It will be holding a 120gb disk for backups and data transfer uses. I'll let people know how it works out. John
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