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Using the Oxford 922 and HDD's greater than 128 GB, the PDS2GO is a USB 2.0 & FireWire 800 (1394b) ComBo to ATA external enclosure designed to enable hot-swap, plug-and-play operation for 3.5 inch ATA HDD through the USB 2.0 or FireWire 800 (1394b) connection interface installed on a computer. PDS2GO allows users to easily hot-swap ATA hard disk drive without interrupting an concurring operation. |
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$119.98 |
USB 2.0 & FireWire 800 (1394b) to ATA Bridge Board:
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One in the assembly process is to
remove the mounting tray from the enclosure case and
mount the hard drive to it using the supplied mounting
screws and wrench. The USB 2.0 -
1394b Oxford 922 circuit is a static sensitive device
as is the hard drive you'll be installing, take the proper
precautions for ESD protection. The USB 2.0 -1394b
Firewire enclosure is a bottom mounting enclosure. Once
the hard drive is installed onto the tray supports by
first connecting both the power and drive ribbon connectors,
secure the HDD device by using the supplied hex head
screws in the 4 mounting holes on the bottom of the tray
and hard drive. Note: Before sliding the tray and hard drive assembly back into the drive case, ensure that the hex head screws are secured in such a way that the flat edge of the screw head is parallel to the straight edge of the tray rail. This will ensure the assembly slides back into the enclosure case smoothly. |
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 Once the HDD is assembled to the enclosure
case tray, it can be slid back into the enclosure case.
The case can then be re-assembled and secured with the
assembly screws. When assemble is fully complete and the
drive is secure, attach the AC power adapter and the
USB 2.0 or Firewire 1394b ports to your power supply
and computer ports.Note: You'll notice that your drive does not show up yet on your system, the drive must be  initialized
and formatted before your system can use it. To find
out how to initialize your new hard drive, click this
link to listen to verbal instructions on disk
initialization. Your Windows media player
will activate for the instructions. The option of seeing
a visual is also available, you can also see a short
flash movie on disk
initialization here. The image below shows the hard
drive enclosure on the computer system after proper install. |
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$119.98 |
| This is probably the best Enclosure I have tested!
Simple to assemble and comes with its own tools and screws.
The USB 2.0 1394b Firewire combo enclosure is stylish
in its design with multiple colors of plates and stands
to choose from. What I liked best about this enclosure
was the speed at which I transferred data from my C:
drive to the drive in the enclosure. I decided to test
that speed and backed up my computer, at one point in
the back up over 1420 MB/min of data was being passed
between the C: drive and the enclosure drive. It took
exactly 1 hour and 10 minutes to back up 10 GB of data
using the Firewire 1394b cable set up. The enclosure uses the Oxford 922 chip set allowing the speed and versatility of both Firewire 1394b and USB 2.0 technologies to coexist and perform beyond expectations. If you need to back up your system or travel with your data this is the tool to do it with. I recommend that if you're using hard drives of 120 Gig or more for back up, you need to look into this. Bob Boisvert...Web Professional |
