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This is a great product that works really well, dissipates heat well and runs silently. I'll be coming back to Rocketfish in the future. (b^_^)b
I had a brand new one of these given to me. I could hear the package rattling around INSIDE the sealed enclosure. I'd spend $15 on a knock-off from an import site before I spent a dime on anything made by Rocketfish.
The aluminum enclosure is flimsy. I only mention this because I wasn't sure upon initial inspection if the hex screws were ornamental or functional.The enclosure was sealed with 4 hex screws. It's a cheap piece of junk.
Build quality is guaranteed to be no worse and you'll save $100.This drive isn't worth the listed price ($149.99) if they throw in a $150 gift card.The instructions on how to remove the cover and install the drive are conveniently mounted to the INSIDE of the sealed enclosure. The circuit board is so precariously mounted I don't expect it to last for more than a dozen hard drive swaps. Probably not an issue for people that stick a single drive in it and leave it be but I have 1 enclosure that I use for multiple drives.The $40 cheap-o plastic model I bought from CompUSA (way before they went out of business) is a better build quality than this.
The package said a hex wrench was included and could be found in the bag with the hard drive mounting screws. No hex wrench either (I had my own).
Wonderful product but have found it at half the price at other locations including at Best Buy in the store for $60.00 for the exact same package. As much as I love buying from Amazon this is way too much money plus the shipping.
XP downloaded a driver and I was up in. Valuplanet was my seller, open box purchase. With the included USB cord I plugged it up to my laptop. WIth my new, unformatted Maxtor 200GB drive I plugged in the one IDE cable and one power supply connector, used the four screws to secure the HD to the chassis and the lid to the enclosure. I guess it copies your HD in its entirety but I haven't tried it:)Overall, as I said, Rocketfish is a brand I'm going to try as I just got my Rocketfish HDMI cable to use with my LG 1080p TV:) All aluminum with a red trim, it matches my TV. I was slapping pictures, music, videos and feeling good as this was a DIY project that couldn't be any simpler.
From there a quick format with the Windows program diskmgmt.msc (on the "run" command line), scrolled to the bottom to the unformatted drive, chose NTSC and named the drive.
1 minute.
It flashes when the drive is at work and it also includes screws, wrench, stand, manual, and driver CD should you need it.
Plugged in the power supply, which is actually pretty tight so I don't know about power supply issues because I have to pull firmly to get that plug out.
I love it and will buy another one as soon as I can figure out if it can take a 500GB drive:) I even use it with my new LG flat panel HD tv (32LG70) to slideshow my pics and play my music.Oh yeah, it has a blue led to show when its on.
2 minutes.
No clicks, just a balloon that said my hardware was ready for use.
The LED is also a one-touch copy button.
LOL.
I'm sure it would've been wonderful it they'd shipped it but they were out of stock.
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