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Electronics : Macally PHR-100AC FireWire/USB 2.0 3.5-Inch ATA Hard Drive Enclosure |
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Macally
EAN: 0701107485379
Label: Macally
Manufacturer: Macally
Model: PHR-100AC
Publisher: Macally
Sales Rank: 11721
Studio: Macally
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features:- Small, slim, and portable hard drive enclosure features fast USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 connectivity
- Solid aluminum body offers excellent protection and heat dissipation
- Accepts 3.5-inch ATA hard drive
- Offers fast USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 transfer rates
- Hot plug and play, so your files are always instantly available as soon as you plug it in
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Product Description:
Macally's mission is to provide its customers with the highest quality and value product which exceeds their expectations and provides an effortless and pleasant interface with their PCs. Macally is achieving its mission through excellence in design, manufacturing and service.PRODUCT FEATURES: Solid aluminum body for protection and excellent heat dissipation; Shock reduction design; Supports large hard drive (>137GB); Works for both Mac and PC (no driver required except Win98); Supports USB2.0 and USB1.1 connection; Supports FireWire connection; Hot plug and play; Active LED to indicate power and data access.
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works as described. I still prefer the larger external drives with a power connection to the wall.
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This was an easy enclosure to mount the drive in, and it appeared on my desktop as soon as I plugged it in to my MacBook Pro. So far it has worked very well. However, as some other buyers have noted, there really is a problem with the power cord pulling out of the back of the drive too easily, which can result in a badly damaged directory. (Thank God for Disk Warrior.) I suggest securing your power and Firewire/USB cables so they cannot jiggle out accidentally. I used a thick rubber band slip-knotted around the cable just below the molded jack and then pulled around the drive enclosure. That worked. If not for this problem, I would have given it five stars. I am buying another one.
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I've had two of these enclosures. Both of them failed within a few months. Suddenly the computer (Mac Powerbook G4 for the first one, Macbook Pro for the second one)was telling me that the drive was not readable. I ran diskwarrior and a bunch of other utilities, even took one of the drives to my mac guru technician. I managed to restore the directory on one drive and it's still humming away happily in a competitor's enclosure. The other drive was kaput, data never recoverable (but the drive, reformatted in a new enclosure, works perfectly fine.) I blame the enclosure. I have a dozen or so other external firewire drives and never a failure. So to Macally, I say you fooled me twice with your cheap piece of junk, but never again.
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I went through 3 different enclosures, that all stopped working within 3 months before I bought this one. I've now had this enclosure for about 2 years, and it's still going strong. I've even bought 4 more of them for other projects. The option to use USB or Firewire is great, the ability to daisychain them together to save ports on your computer is great, and they work wonderfully.
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This does exactly what I wanted. I can swap various internal drives pretty easily. The only thing I dislike is that the on-off switch is a bit small, but that's fine.
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