SATA I & II, 500GB MAX(!) SATA HDD 3.5" Aluminum enclosure, $7.50 in qty AP @ Newegg (may be open-box?)

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Part of Newegg's open-box/overstock clearance sale, with a 30% off promo code.

Do ya feel lucky, punk? Do you have a SATA HDD that's 500GB or SMALLER, and need an enclosure?

If anyone is feeling like an Angel, and knows of a firmware upgrade that one could perform to the chipset used in this enclosure, and upgrade it to support AT LEAST a 2TB HDD, that would be really sweet, and make these worth it to take a chance on.

Otherwise, these are basically garbage, unless you want to go on ebay and buy up a bunch of 500GB WD AAKS HDDs, and turn the combo into external drive units to use for client backups or to sell for $50 or something. (Those 500GB AAKS I've seen on ebay for $20 ea.)

Maybe mfg site (has a copyright date of 2012!):


Says 1TB max, but also, seems to show a different rear panel on the enclosure. Unsure if same chipset / same enclosure as Newegg's pictures. No firmware.
 
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