Re: Re: Cheap Firewire Drive Enclosures

[Ho Yin Ng <yahoogroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hummm ...

No .. my La Cie External Firewire drive has an internal power supply.

I just buy old LaCie firewire drives off ebay for about =A320 strip out
the=
=20
HD and put a newer bigger one in it.

I have a good quality case for a cheap price!

Ho yin

At 14:52 08/09/2004, you wrote:
>I think you will find that even the expensive Lacie drives have an
>external power supply.
>
>Ben
>
>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, David Leftley <ukha@d...> wrote:
> > On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:03:07 -0000, "Ben McCormack"
> > <ben@t...> wrote:
> > >I know a number of us have been looking into External
Firewire
>drive
> > >enclosures. They usually come out at around =A330-=A350. Well
I have
> > >found some for =A325.
> > >
> > ><http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/USB_Devices.html>http://www.b=
l=20
> ankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/USB_Devices.html
> > >
> > >{AC 5058} 3.5" IDE HDD External Case
> > >
> > >=A324.99
> >
> > I had one of these cases delivered yesterday, so can add a few
notes
> > on my first impressions.
> >
> > Pros:
> > Price (and blankdiscshop seem to have a good reputation for
>service).
> > Aluminium rather than plastic case.
> > Supports USB 2 and Firewire (and cables for both are included).
> > Apparently doesn't suffer from the 127GB limit - I have only
tried
>it
> > with a 120GB drive, but the box claims it supports drives
>250GB.
> >
> > Cons:
> > A bit fiddly to put together - some evidence of cost-cutting in
the
> > number of screws that have to be removed and the ease of getting
>them
> > to line up again.
> > External rather than internal PSU (although this could be
regarded
>as
> > a plus if you prefer a compact enclosure rather than having it
all
>in
> > one).
>
>
>
>
>
>
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