Dual 3.5" bay Firewire enclosure + Firewire Card + 6' 6-pin to 6-pin Cable - $57.95

[JPSJPS]

I bought a bunch of the 3.5" Geek cases @ $50 and they all work well except for WD hard drives larger that 120Gb. I wish I had seen these though:
http://www.sunshinestor.com/2bayfiren.html
Higher cost but more versatile and handle the larger drives.
John

 

[simo]

I'm looking for a SCSI enclosure for 2 full size 5.25" drives (i.e. they're 5.25" wide, and 2 CD-ROM's high!)

Anyone seen anything like this - I want to free up some drive bays in my full tower, and full height SCSI drives are cheap!

 

[p0ntif]

nice deal!

 

[markish]

I can't wait until the 5.1" bay comes out. I only have two bays, and one of is a dvd/cd writer combo. The other, I was thinking of either installing another combo, dvd-rom/cd-rom combo, or another mix and match. With the anticipated bay, several possibilities come to mind.

 

[dumpav]

Problem with firewire randomly disconnect.

Anyone got this problem?? I think it is not because of this specific enclosesure. I have 2 ADS fw enclosesure and other brand b4. It seems, if i copy stuff from the external fw box to my internal hd, it will have disconnect the whole firwwire devices chain.

Any one have some solution, system file setting or some special way to avoid this kind of problem

 

[gadgetboy]

http://www.sunshinestor.com/2bayfiren.html
Higher cost but more versatile and handle the larger drives.

Slick, the 2-bay fw comes in black: http://www.sunshinestor.com/52fienb.html

Functionally, any of these would complement the small form factor system (Shuttle SN45G) I'm spec'ing out.
Wrong color though - have to figure out how to stealth it or stick with the single bay types (wonder if they stack well?).

 

[Midnight]

I like the looks of the dual 5 1/4 inch from sunshinestor. If I were to mount say a 120 gb hd and a dvd burner would I be able to hot swap between a mac and a pc? What is the needed formatting type to make the drive work with OS X and Windows XP?

Finally would this enclosure have problems with say a 160 gb drive? Is there a magic number that is supported without problems?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Price raised back to $57.95. Uncertain if this is temporary, or not.

The $78.00 version available above from SunShineStor appears to be a very good deal (many thanks to JPSJPS). The dual 5.25" firewire enclosures elsewhere normally fetch in the neighborhood of $130+. Shipping to east coast (Nyc) is $15.41 from SunShineStor. Tax for Californians seems to balance out the slightly reduced shipping - $11.66 shipping, in addition to $6.44 tax.

Originally posted by: Midnight
For the 5 1/4 inch enclosures I can mount a dvd writer and a 3.5 inch drive? Would I have to get an adapter to use the HD in a dual firewire enclosure?

Thanks in adavance.

Absolutely. Any combination of 5.25" and 3.5" devices would function. And yes, you would require a set of 5.25" to 3.5" adapter brackets to secure the hard disk drive into the enclosure.

 

[Midnight]

Ordered an enclosure from sunshinestor cost about $15 in shipping to the US, spoke with them on AIM very helpful and answered all my questions.

 

[SSSS]

5.25 single bay firewire enclosure for $41 Here

 

[ActuaryTm]

Quoting from recent subscriber email:

"Add the Firewire Case to your shopping cart and enter the Secret Savings Code in the red "promotional code" field during checkout (Firewire Card and Cable will automatically be added with code) to SAVE Over $20.00 and get this External Firewire solution for just $57.95!"

Code is readily available elsewhere, and thus not included in the above.

 

[Keltron]

I need an enclosure to put 250GB backup drive that i will be getting, but this is kinda bulky. may be i should go with something like the Pyro enclosure. any thoughts?

ADS Pyro Kit

 

[ActuaryTm]

Happen to have the ADS Pyro model, as well as the above dual enclosure. They are both very well made, and have never had a problem with either. Both (natively) compatible under Xp, of course. For comparison purposes, the ADS Pyro currently houses a Lite-on 52246s, while the dual enclosure contains two Western Digital 120GB SE drives (btw, the cable select method functions best with this particular enclosure).

If portability is a concern, the ADS model may have a slight advantage; however, speaking from personal experience, the Mapower enclosure is also quite portable. It readily fits into a small carry-on sized bag. On a number of occassions I have packed it on business trips if I am required to carry a large amount of data with me. The weight difference between the two is neglible.

The clear advantage of the ADS Pyro kit in this particular case is that it houses 5.25" devices as well. Above that, I would say personal preference is the deciding factor.

 

[minty]

So, has anybody actually tried this mapower enclosure with 200 GB WD drives with any successes, failures? i got two drives that I want to move out of the case.

Any recommendations for a different FW solution if this enclosure doesn't work with those WD drives?

 

[Keltron]

Compgeeks says they have tested it with a 250GB Maxtor

 

[DEANOMAN]

Can I get an idea of correct as I am having prob. There are two loose power cables. One to the led and one from the y power connector. The brown combo is connected above the ide on the board and there is a pin 2 unoccuppied. Also did not receive a driver cd?

 

[Hotwired]

I contacted Compgeeks and they told me as long as it's ATA/133 it should recognize 120gb+ drives. I am reading that drives 137gb and larger require a special PCI card? So I assume this enclosure allows for this capacity, correct...and to what limit? 200gb? 250gb? 300gb? I plan on using two Maxtor 160s or 200s in this enclosure. Can I mix the drive size? 1x Maxtor 120gb and 1x Maxtor 160gb? Please reply. hanks.

 

[Hotwired]

Which hd is better: Maxtor or WD? I just found out that my WD has no limited warranty...arg! OMG...how in the world...so I'm stuck.

 

[CLiu]

>I contacted Compgeeks and they told me as long as it's ATA/133 it should recognize 120gb+ drives. I am reading that drives 137gb and larger require a special PCI card?

Will it work if my motherboard does not have ATA/133 built-in? I do have one card from purchasing a 160GB Maxtor. Will it work then?

Thanks,