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Unabashed commercial endorsement
www.sewelldirect.com Part# SW-1321 I just ordered one of these thingies for $35.00 delivered. It consists of two pieces: An IDE/USB cable and a Power Xfmr Affix the power cable to ANY IDE product .. raw hard drive, raw CD/DVDROM (even burners) .. really: any IDE device right out of the box. Affix the IDE plug to the device and plug the other end into any available USB socket on your computer. This is the cheapest, quickest setup to gain use of an external hard drive or CD/DVD burner. At CompUSA, a powered shell to fit a drive inside costs at least $35.00, and then you are stuck with a closed box with ONE drive in it. This may be slightly unsightly sitting on your computer desk, but then you can interchange ANY spare HD in seconds, including any CD/DVDROM drive. They all become external portables. Talk about small and easy to handle for fitting in your laptop case!! Oh yeah .. it also comes with converter socket enabling you to accommodate any spare 2.5 inch laptop drive. |
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In message kony
wrote: On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 20:17:02 GMT, Chief Suspect chief wrote: You might consider using a subject line that actually describes the post contents. Generally it's considered spam to post such topics too- Note that everyone else doesn't post threads for the gear they have that _does_ work properly. I just ordered one of these thingies for $35.00 delivered. It consists of two pieces: An IDE/USB cable and a Power Xfmr Affix the power cable to ANY IDE product .. raw hard drive, raw CD/DVDROM (even burners) .. really: any IDE device right out of the box. Affix the IDE plug to the device and plug the other end into any available USB socket on your computer. This is the cheapest, No, you can find them almost anywhere for $35, cheapest is a tad under $20, for example http://www.pcimicro.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Retai l%20Box or, pick your favorite store, they're not uncommon. Out of curiosity, has anybody ever taken one of these and a removable drive bay and built a hotswappable removable bay out of the result? -- At a car dealership announcing new seat belt legislation: "Belt your family. It's the law." |
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On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:06:45 -0600, DevilsPGD
wrote: No, you can find them almost anywhere for $35, cheapest is a tad under $20, for example http://www.pcimicro.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Retai l%20Box or, pick your favorite store, they're not uncommon. Out of curiosity, has anybody ever taken one of these and a removable drive bay and built a hotswappable removable bay out of the result? No but I"ve done the opposite, I took a drive bay and ripped the guts out to make one of those... was before there were any such devices in the market (at least none I could find at the time). It should work fine to do that though, but I'd prefer adding a power-tap to have a quiet fan in the enclosure too. Then again I've also refitted some old SCSI enclosures for USB2, this would work for that as well and with the SCSI enclosures having a fairly robust power supply, the cheap little switcher that comes with this kit wouldn't be needed at all. |
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In message kony
wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:06:45 -0600, DevilsPGD wrote: No, you can find them almost anywhere for $35, cheapest is a tad under $20, for example http://www.pcimicro.com/.sc/ms/dd/11...Retai l%20Box or, pick your favorite store, they're not uncommon. Out of curiosity, has anybody ever taken one of these and a removable drive bay and built a hotswappable removable bay out of the result? No but I"ve done the opposite, I took a drive bay and ripped the guts out to make one of those... was before there were any such devices in the market (at least none I could find at the time). It should work fine to do that though, but I'd prefer adding a power-tap to have a quiet fan in the enclosure too. Then again I've also refitted some old SCSI enclosures for USB2, this would work for that as well and with the SCSI enclosures having a fairly robust power supply, the cheap little switcher that comes with this kit wouldn't be needed at all. My removable enclosure already switches off the power -- I'm going to need to figure out a way to make unlocking the drive for removal also disconnect the USB adapter though, which adds some complexity to the system. However, it still looks more viable then buying a fully hotswappable IDE drive system, at least at this point. -- In case of accidental ingestion, consult a mortician. |
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