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PRICE DROP!! FireWire AND USB2.0 Enclosure for External 3.5 HD for $$57 (was $69)

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MontyBurns

Platinum Member
(Saw this first on Fat Wallet.)

CompGeeks has this external enclosure for $57 (was $69!). You can use a 10% off coupon code (which, while I can't tell you, can easily be found at the site referenced at the beginning of this post), which basically cancels out shipping.

Great deal on an enclosure that offers BOTH firewire and USB2.0 support.

Here are the stats:

Firewire and USB Combo 3.5" HDD enclosure
Clear Translucent Body w/Transluent Blue Faceplate and Accents
Takes IDE Hard Drives
Fully compatible with USB2.0 and IEEE 1394a standard
Two (2) Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports (in back)
One (1) USB port (in back)
Plug and Play
Transfer rate : Firewire up to 400Mb/s, USB 2.0 up to 480Mb/s
Backwards compatible with USB 1.1
Cross platform between Windows and Mac OS
Bootable drive supportive for Macintosh system in Firewire connection
Automatic configuration without ID selction or terminator
Light and Handy for portable use
Hot Swappable
ALi M5621 / RealTek RTL8801 Chipset
Includes One USB A-B cable , One Firewire IEEE 1394 6-pin to 6-pin cable,
Driver (on CD), Power Cord
Power Brick (100-240v~ 47-63Hz 0.6A (+12v 1.5A & +5.0v 1.5A Output))
Approximate External Dimensions: 5 3/4'' W x 8 3/4'' D x 1 5/8'' H

Product Requirements
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ATA/IDE 3.5-inch Hard Drive
Firewire equipped Macintosh or PC's
USB equipped Macintosh or PC's
Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Mac OS 9.x or higher

 
pretty cool thing. but why does it have 2 firewire ports in the back? do you chain firewire devices together?
 
I currently have 2 of these on my server. They are Great! One note: Since the firewire controller sees them as the same device, I've had to daisy chain them so that they will be seen as different instances. Planning on installing a 3rd one soon.

Nice post MontyBurns!
 
I've been looking all over for this. This is great for those who don't have enough bays in their computer and have a spare HD laying around.
 
Destiny: Can you expand on that a bit? So, your computer recognizes the drive inside the enclosure, but if you plug an additional device -- say, a firewire camera -- into the back of the enclosure, there are problems recognizing all the devices?


 
I like this USB 2.0 enclosure(no firewire) for about $75, available at a few places:
USB 2.0 All In One Enclosure
Interface transfer rate USB2.0---480MBps
supported system: Windows98SE/ME/XP/Mac OS 8.6 or later version
small size and easy take around with you
available for 5.25" and 3.5" device
Passed UL,CSA,TUV,CE,FCC and EMC testing
Contents:
3.5?: HardDisk
5.25?: CD-ROM, CD-R/W, CD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM
Certificate: Safety: UL,CSA,TUV,CE
EMC: FCC CLASSB and CISPR22.2
Power supply: AC input: 100~240Vac
DC output: +5V/+12V, 28Watt(Peak power 40W)
Certificate: UL/CSA/TUV/CE
Shell material: ABS
This product perform USB2.0 transfer rate under OSs with USB2.0 interface. It also perform compactly under OS with USB1.1 interface, but transfer rate just same as USB1.1 version.
 
Destiny: Can you expand on that a bit? So, your computer recognizes the drive inside the enclosure, but if you plug an additional device -- say, a firewire camera -- into the back of the enclosure, there are problems recognizing all the devices?

All firewire devices are recognized. I have no issues with any other device. Since the TWO enclosures are of the same type they must be daisy chained. If I had TWO of the same firewire cameras, I would have to find a way to daisy chain them so that they could be accessed at the same time. Hopefully, that cleared it up...... LMK.
 
Ohhhhh. Gotcha.

Another thing I like about this is the dual support for firewire and USB. And this is also backwards compatible with usb1.1, which, while a fairly slow way to access a hard drive, does add to the drive's compatibility and could be helpful in a pinch.
 
I bought a similar device for my laptop and it works great.. lets me use my 80 gig drive when I'm home for storage.
 
Nice deal if you already have an Audigy card in your box, as it's SB1394 will connect to this enclosure. I ALMOST bought a Maxtor external, but then decided that I wanted a case that would accept either a 5.25 or 3.5 drive, so I can adapt it as my needs change. Those are usually around 80-90 bucks, so I am waiting until they filter down to Staples and then apply a coupon.



$69.00 for a firewire AND USB 2.0 enclosure is a great deal. Nice to see the price coming down.
 
can u make it into cdrw encloser?

No, you can't. This case is 3.5". You need a 5.25" enclosure for CDRW drive.

Actually, you can put any IDE hard device into this enclosure, if the device is 3.5". Or you can use an adatper with a 2.5" device.

I have two 5.25" firewire enclosures stacked on my desk. One is 40GB Maxtor hard drive, the other is rebadged Lite-On 32x12x40 CDRW drive. The hard drive is pluged into the back of the CDRW drive. My computer(With Windows 2000) can recognize both of them at the same time. Great cases!

One question. Can I partition the firewire hard drive? Anybody tried?
 
yes you can partition the drive ..i ve tried it using usb 2.0 so it should be similar with fire wire

as soon as you plug your device in to windows 2000 it recognizes it as a removable disk. if the hard disk is already formatted then there should be a drive letter assigned. if not then go to control panel-admistrative tools-computermanagement

then click on disk management- you should be able to assign a drive letter and partition from there on.

i tried to put a usb 2.0 hd with a ibm deskstar 40gig , jumpers set to cable select. the formatting failed when i tried to do 40 gb as a whole so i decided to split it in to half. and then it worked great.
 
zinkpig, thanks. I just tried to partition my firewire hard drive as you told. It worked perfect. 🙂 I set the jumper to master.
 


<< I just found another even hotter deal 2.5" usb 2.0 hard drive enclosure. $49 +$6.85 shipping to MA >>


Not really... that one is for laptop hard drives.
 
Is there any way to make a firewire drive bootable?

Somebody pointed out Windows XP support boot up from external drive in a previouse thread.
 
Has anyone seen a 5.25 inch combo USB 2.0 *and* firewire enclosure?

Searching around I've only seen 3.5 ones.
 
Has anyone seen a 5.25 inch combo USB 2.0 *and* firewire enclosure?

Compgeeks had this case yesterday. Of course out of stock already. $69.00.

Keep checking the forum. They will restock.
 
😀😱

Fishlet,
RE: the Firewire and USB 2.0 external 5 1/4" enclosures at Compgeeks...

I saw no mention of them in or out of stock.

Can you post the url?

Thanks,
😎
 
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