USB 2.0 external drive enclosures

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I've had mixed results with external USB 2.0 enclosures (for 3-1/2"
drives). They often drop out (requiring a rescan of the USB bus, or even
a reboot. Not sure why, but I suspect USB chip implementation or maybe
power supply..

Are there any reasonably priced enclosures that work well?
How are the 'Metal Gear' enclosures? Any others?

Thanks
 
_BNC said:
I've had mixed results with external USB 2.0 enclosures (for 3-1/2"
drives). They often drop out (requiring a rescan of the USB bus, or
even a reboot. Not sure why, but I suspect USB chip implementation
or maybe power supply..

Are there any reasonably priced enclosures that work well?
How are the 'Metal Gear' enclosures? Any others?

Thanks
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Your enclosure does have an external power supply? I do not believe
that USB will supply anything close to enough power for a desktop drive.
It will work with a laptop drive enclosure.

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I've had mixed results with external USB 2.0 enclosures (for 3-1/2"
drives). They often drop out (requiring a rescan of the USB bus, or even
a reboot. Not sure why, but I suspect USB chip implementation or maybe
power supply..

Are there any reasonably priced enclosures that work well?
How are the 'Metal Gear' enclosures? Any others?

Thanks
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For a long period I've been using a firewire pci card into which I
have several firewire hard drives attached. I bought the Oxford
enclosures seperatly and installed some drives I had in them. Good
solid operation. I don't run them for long periods as they are mainly
used for storage.
 
Your enclosure does have an external power supply? I do not believe
that USB will supply anything close to enough power for a desktop drive.
It will work with a laptop drive enclosure.

Q
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Yes, definitely. I've used both types of Maxtors (older and new
One-Touch) and several different brands of 'generic' drive enclosures,
all of which have external supplies. That's the only way they'll work
with a 3-1/2" drive.

I need to find a source for a similar enclosure that doesn't occasionally
choose to drop out, which normally requires rescan of the USB hardware
(via device mgr) or a reboot. Not sure that I'd attribute those failures
to chintzy supplies, either. It seems to happen once in a while with the
Maxtors as well.

Recommendations, anyone?
 
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