COOLMAX HD-380BK-eSATA Black OTB Function External Enclosure

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I agree with what's been stated here: effectively built, cheap, goes together straightforward and solid. I can't get XP to recognize it when employing the USB connection. There's no evidence of any "removable" drives in Win Explorer or Device Manager. When I turn it on, the light blinks red/blue forever. Powering the enclosure down/up repeatedely and also trying unique USB ports also no enable. I know the SATA drive is excellent. Presently waiting on CoolMax support to respond.I haven't tried eSATA connecting however, due to the fact I must have the USB connection functioning. The "too great to be correct" guy beneath was right. Manufacturer Response:Hello,If you have a brand new drive, please proceed to disk management and partition/format your new hard drive. Or, you may well want to reformat the drive for any format compatibility/corrupted format troubles. Or if this came off from a proprietary company system like Dell, Compaq, Hp... your drive may have a security lock. Please get in touch with them for further help. You may well also have encountered a defective power adaptor if your drive have low or no vibrations when powered on.Otherwise, please make contact with us tech@coolmaxusa.com.Regards,CoolMax Help

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Installation was really effortless (less than five min). Been running for about an hour now with no heating difficulties and the eSata connection to the laptop is infinitely far better than USB 2.. None so far. Utilised an old WD 250 GB Sata 1.5 HD from my desktop and vista recognized Right away. Great buy for the cost.

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The case functions pretty excellent. It was easy to pull apart, two screws hold it all collectively. I didn't try the USB on this however but the eSATA worked fantastic. For the size it seems to be capable to maintain the drive cool and is relatively quiet. It did start off vibrating a bit when it ran the drive immediately after the first 2 or 3 days. I just kinda re-adjusted it in it's holder and moved it on the table a little and it's been hush-hush ever due to the fact. I like this mainly because it's isn't too significantly work to toss a drive in this and hook it up. Some can be a bit more work than other people but this one particular is pretty excellent.

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The enclosure looks incredibly sleek, and my drive doesn't rattle in it. It also came with an eSATA so that is a great lil added. It was pretty effortless to set up the drive into it. The choice of utilizing the stand or laying is also good. The energy cable is a tiny loose, I've had to jiggle it a handful of occasions to get a connection. The USB cable it comes with is about 2 feet extended, so you will possibly want a longer one particular. Its just a USB-A to USB-B, so there ought to be extras laying close to =) I haven't applied the One-Touch-Backup, so no evaluation on that feature.

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Very Well Built, Light and sturdy, I am so pleased with it so far. Effortless Installation, challenging drive snapped ideal into location on energy and sata connections and screws on the side lined up completely with my WD Drive. Have applied it to copy more than 100GB back and forth, no troubles, no excessive heat, no fan, but nice air vents all around, oh and the leather wrapping and the entire case all round looks so sophisticated and cool. USB Transfer was truly rapid, can't wait to hook up my Esata bracket in my desktop, using laptop proper now. Don't consider I'll make considerably use of the one particular touch backup, but it's a handy feature. None so far. Could have applied some rubber feet on the bottom in case you want to use it flat (comes with a fairly neat vertical stand), but it doesn't slide about on the other hand thanks to the leather wrapping.

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Drive fits in enclosure smoothly - excellent tolerances.Plug and play. Construction is a little inexpensive feeling.Drive mounting is a tiny confusing as you have to take both the back and front off the enclosure to mount the drive.

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1. Functions2. Good blue/red LED to signify power on and read/write3. Modest size4. Great energy on/off toggle switchfive. Keeps drive pretty cool (I have a 1 TB Hitachi drive and after 12hrs of straght backup drive was under 50 degrees C, case only slightly warm to the touch) 1. USB and eSata cords are as well brief. If you place the enclosure straight on best of or besides your Pc they're work. If you want to put the enclosure on leading of a desk it won't reach.2. Some men and women report energy problems? (see other thoughtsƝ. Some folks report data corruption? (see other thoughts) I have this precise enclosure, except the Brown color that NewEgg also sells. With regards to power, my adapter fits fine, no power interruption or needing to drill the back plate as other individuals have performed. Concerning information corruption, I had two concerns with the enclosure (eSata connection) at 1st since it would randomly dismount itself from my Pc when it wanted also. Typically in the middle of reading/writing data. That wasn't the enclosure's fault though, I discovered my eSata controller drivers had been more than three years old. Soon after updating my eSata drivers (from JMicron) it's worked flawlessly due to the fact. If you're possessing data corruption check your eSata drivers. Most motherboard and Computer manufacturers by no means post updates for them...

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Just a good little enclosure. Finest a single I have every single bought. Drive stays cool. External Energy is terrific.Newegg Rocks!!!!!! None so far. Obtain a single.

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Low-cost, looks quite good, eSATA & USB, quiet. Comes with an eSATA cable too. The power adapter has, for the greater aspect of my time owning this product, been loose. When plugging it into the enclosure, I have to rotate it for the power connectors to make speak to. Then I have to hope that it keeps that contact when I let it go. This may not appear too poor, but it can lead to a slight bump to the drive disconnecting power. Never ever used the OTB button/feature.Working with a WD 1TB in it.

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It was straightforward to get up and going. looks genuinely great. leather starts to roll back from exactly where it meets the end caps soon after a couple of months.

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Prior to it fell apart, it performed as advertised. Common horrible Asian construct quality. This enclosure literally fell apart soon after a couple connect/ disconnect. Construction supplies could not be worse. Much more usually than not, for low cost more than seas merchandise, you get what you pay for. Of course, as a backup external tricky drive, I only utilized it three-four occasions in two months so I can not return it for credit. Do NOT buy this item. Pay a lot more and get a much better manufacturer.

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Setup is uncomplicated, all the necessary screws are integrated, obviously visible status light, external power switch, cools fine, eSATA is a plus. The USB connector on one of the ones I personal (I have two) seems a bit flaky. A fantastic worth, specifically if your computer system has an eSATA port.

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Been using for four months now - HEAVY use - and had no issues. Easy to insert difficult-drive, and most importantly, it never ever gets hot. I've got a TB WD Black Cavier in it and it's never additional than warm to the touch. Of course, it's important to preserve in mind that it's in an AC environment. Not confident how cool it would be in a hot space, given that it's a fanless enclosure. Nonetheless, I have a an additional enclosure that does have a fan, a Rosewill, and if you turn the fan off that enclosure gets steaming hot, with the same HD and also in an AC atmosphere. So hats-off to Coolmax for the cool design and style. My primary gripe is the front cover: The wire holding it to the body is so brief that it makes it tough to get the cover back on. Even getting as delicate as I was, a smaller piece of plastic chipped off when I was placing it back on.

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looks excellent, extremely simple instalation i cant get vista to recognize it as a removable media, drivers installed ideal away, it shows up in the hardware and device manager screens, nevertheless i cant access it perhaps its me but if its plug and play it need to show up Manufacturer Response:Hello,If you have a brand new drive, please proceed to disk management and partition/format your new hard drive. Or, you may well will need to reformat the drive for any format compatibility/corrupted format difficulties. Or if this came off from a proprietary organization method like Dell, Compaq, Hp... your drive might have a security lock. Please make contact with them for further support.Otherwise, please make contact with us tech@coolmaxusa.com.Regards,CoolMax Support

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as the other evaluations point out, this is a nifty tiny unit. cheap, good case that doesn't run hot and transfer occasions were very very good. reads & writes seem to operate reliably. the initial unit i ordered arrived with only the esata port usable. neither windows, mac or linux would recognize the usb port. i exchanged it for a second with (almost) the similar outcomes: esata functions excellent but the usb port is nearly unusable. i've located that by repeatedly cycling power (allowing the unit to spin down and quit prior to turning on) i could get the usb port to operate. but it typically takes four-five tries. great but the low price tag is actually too great to be accurate. i could not recommend this unit. Manufacturer Response:Hello,Please make contact with 2support@coolmaxusa.com for further assistance.Regards,Coolmax Assistance

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Fairly case, nicely created. Disassembles effortlessly, challenging drive slides onto baseplate nicely, rails hold the case onto the baseplate firmly, with no sticking.Newegg's shipping was wonderfully quickly! Power connector is unreliable, major to corrupt data. The barrel insert is brief, and sits also loosely in the socket. Even a little quantity of lateral pressure can interrupt power. I tested the enclosure on 3 various hard drives, and skilled differing levels of data corruption.You may possibly not notice information corruption correct away: it was apparent to me since it resulted in a corrupt password registry. I genuinely wanted to like this product, since aside from the energy connector, it was very nicely thought by way of.

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Wonderful external case. No problems at all. Effortless to install the tough drive in the case and lightning rapidly transfers utilizing esata. Extremely recommend this setup. none

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Looks superior till the leather cover peels off at the edges, which was three days following I bought it. The eSATA controller is junk. Most of the time it's impossible to detect by the OS, and when it does it performs incredibly slow. Will not buy once again and certainly not worth returning for replacement. Ended up in the trash can just a handful of minutes ago.

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functions incredibly nicely. The drive stays pretty cool. Construct top quality is excellent. none that I've seen no eSATA bracket...would have been a nice addition. Most new motherboards have 1 now anyway

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According to specs on the Coolmax web-site, this bay supports 1.5TB drives.My other Coolmax enclosures have been excellent. None. ("No Firewire" goes below the "Pros" section. Firewire makes SATA enclosures high priced!) Hasn't arrived but. Just know it's superior to see whether or not an enclosure supports big drives or not when you're shopping.

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Nice case Manual and computer software had to be download - OTB manual had to be located on web site. Power supply diverse than advertised. Had to reboot various occasions to get operational - and then it would quit at times.

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compact size. Exceptional enclosure none

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This is utilised with a Seagate 1.5TB 7200RPM Drive to backup 8 severs. I have this connected though eSATA. I have also employed the USB connection.I have 8 total so that I can rotate my backup drives Ƒ for for every single day Mon - Thu and four Friday)The drives remain Cool and they function great. None If you require eSATA for a Dell Poweredge Server make sure that you get a J-Micron based card as Silcon Image cards do not work in Dell Poweredge Servers (at least not the Poweredge 1950)

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Appears to run incredibly cool * uncomplicated setup * works with both USB and eSata. Cables are incredibly brief. This limits location selections. OTB software program does not work (Windows 7). No install disk - every thing need to be installed via internet download. Customer service has yet to respond to the OTB problem ... do they exist? I can work about the OTB difficulty, so ... other than that, it appears to function as expected. I'm making use of this as an external backup so performance is not a key factor. I am concerned about the lack of customer service response, though. All in all, it functions, and it was affordable. I'm not holding my breath on obtaining my rebate, although.

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Connected via eSATA, really rapidly compared to what I've employed in the past with USB. Staying genuinely cool. Have a WD Green 1TB HD inside. Uncomplicated to set up, and it looks excellent. None When I first started it up it was not listed in "Safely Eliminate Hardware." I downloaded the lastest Chipset installer from Intel plus the lastest Matrix Storage Manager and all is properly. I think the newest Windows x64 update might have caused a wrinkle in the previous versions.