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More info?)
And by the way, the Stardom case I bought did NOT come with a driver disk.
However, there ARE drivers for XP for these USB2.0 cases. You can download
them from www.stardom.com.tw The chipset is a Cypress AT2. The drivers fiz
some undesirable BSODs.
--Dan
"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8OAkc.3753$gT2.2687@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> I should comment here about the Stardom cases. I just bought the 2 device
> IDE enclosure. It appears to be a 3 device box but the bottom box houses
a
> small power supply. The single device boxes use an external supply (I
> believe, I don't own one). The fan on the 2 device unit is LOUD. The fan
> also interferes with my phone that is right next to the unit, so I hear a
> hum while on the phone. I have ordered a Papst 60mm fan to replace the
> stock fan, I replace all of my fans with super quiet Papst fans, they are
> awesome. Don't let the "heat sink" on the side of the units fool you,
they
> are not functional heat sinks. In fact, they have little rubber feet
> isolating the heat sink from actually touching the aluminum enclosure.
But
> they do look good and come with high quality USB 2 labeled cables.
>
> **Overall I really like the Stardom Sohotank units.**
>
> I bought it a www.scsi4me.com which also has a ton of great removeable
drive
> enclosures and RAID array racks. Good service too.
>
> --Dan
>
>
>
> "CWatters" <colin.watters@pandoraBOX.be> wrote in message
> news:OIbkc.90796$%q1.5637175@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> >
> > "Tod" <no_spam_me@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:4e_jc.40296$0u6.6699876@attbi_s03...
> > > I'm looking at getting an external USB 2.0 hard drive case
> > > for my ATA 80 GB hard drive.
> > > Anyone have any recommendations ?
> > > I was looking at Plumax, but someone recommended Bytecc ?
> > >
> >
> > For style, I quite like these....
> >
> > Home page:
http://www.stardom.com.tw/main_e.htm
> > Specific model:
http://www.stardom.com.tw/images/L-1-N-1.jpg
> >
> > They are aluminium extrusion (silver anodised sides) and thick aluminium
> > plate (black anodised top and bottom plates). They take a 5.25" drive so
a
> > 3.5" is no problem. The power supply is of the in-the-cable type (at
least
> > on the single drive model. I'm not sure about the 4 bay version). They
> have
> > a small fan but with the front blanking plate fitted there seems to be
no
> > air inlet holes - I drilled a line of holes in the base plate along the
> > front where they can't be seen (feet keep them off the desk). My WD 100
G
> > runs nice and cool.
> >
> > Main problem is availability and price. I'm in Belgium and got mine from
a
> > German distributor.
> >
> > Colin
> >
> >
>
>