Sabrent SBT-EKU25 Ultra Slim USB 2.0 2.5-inch IDE/PATA Hard Drive Enclosure (Black)
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Manufacturer: SABRENTAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional
Model: SBT-EKU25
Product features:
- 2.5-inch hard drive enclosure designed to turn a 2.5-inch laptop hard drives into an external storage device
- Complies with ATA/ATAPI-6 specifications
- Case assembles with included screws and screwdriver
- Includes enclosure, carrying case, USB 2.0 cable, driver disk, user manual, screwdriver, and screws
- USB 2.0 connection (backward compatible with USB 1.1 specifications) provides a 480 Mbps transfer rate
- Cables To Go 13400 USB 2.0 A Male to B Male Cable, White (9.8 Feet/ 3 Meters)
- Cables Unlimited High-Speed 5 -Port USB 2.0 PCI Card (IOC3500)
- Cables To Go - 29560 - USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Hub 7-Port
- Sabrent USB-UF6 6-Port USB 2.0 / FireWire IEEE 1394 PCI Combo Adapter plus 6pin to 4pin Firewire IEEE1394 Cable
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sabrent SBT-EKU25 Ultra Slim USB 2.0 2.5-inch IDE/PATA Hard Drive Enclosure (Black)
Customer Review: DO NOT BUY
Summary: 1 Stars
I wish Amazon had negative ratings. I would give this drive enclosure a negative eleventy billion. I have had dozens of drive enclosures over the years. I've NEVER had this kind of experience, not even when USB was a new technology.
First of all, the Sabrent SBT-EKU25 is quite old tech. Not one mention of XP or Vista in the documentation, what little there is of it. I imagine that it has been sitting for five to seven years on a shelf somewhere...or more likely the manufacturer doesn't care about updating anything. And that includes the chipsets, firmware and/or electrical components.
Secondly, it crashed each and every computer into which I plugged it. Every one. Blue screened them right out of there, every time. One is an old desktop with buggy video drivers that crash all the time, so I didn't think anything of it, but the other two machines are brand new, smoothly-running fresh laptops that haven't been owned long enough to make them buggy! Neither of them has ever blue-screened on me, and yet the instand I plug in this drive, crash-o-rama.
Third, and not the least, it seems to have fried the very 2.5" laptop drive I was intending to re-use. The drive is totally unresponsive when put back in the computer I got it out of, and it's totally non-responsive in an old Firewire enclosure I have. By the way I purchased this Sabrent SBT-EKU25 with the intent of replacing the old Firewire enclosure. I guess that's off the table now.
Lastly, and I suppose this is a minor complaint, but the cable is wacky. It's a regular USB plug on the drive end (USB A) and a double, y-split USB A on the other end. What on earth is the second plug for? You can't mount it at the same time on two computers. You can't use the second plug as a pass-through. That would require an A-type receptacle. It's utterly useless. You;d expect a cable with mini-USB on the drive end and an A type on the other, or at the very least a B-type on the drive end and an A-type on the other. Instead this cable looks like it was designed by monkeys.
I don't mean to go on and on about the cable but because of the choice they made -and it's a really odd choice - you are stuck using it.
The long and short of it is: DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE. It is poorly made and could in fact damage whatever hard drive you put in it...not to mention what it could do to your computer. Spend a few extra dollars and get a name brand you can trust. This is purely and simply a piece of garbage and not worth the money to return it, even. I plan to stomp on it, then dump it in the trash and never think about it again.
A much better choice is the Vantec NexStar3 series Vantec NexStar 3 NST-260U2-BK - Storage enclosure - IDE - Hi-Speed USB - onyx black. Slightly more money, especially since you can't use Prime shipping (if you have that) but very, very reliable.
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Description of Sabrent SBT-EKU25 Ultra Slim USB 2.0 2.5-inch IDE/PATA Hard Drive Enclosure (Black)
SABRENT SBT-EKU25 2.5" Ultra Slim USB 2.0 Aluminum IDE/PATA Hard Drive Enclosure - BLACK Turn 2.5" Notebook/Laptop Hard Drive into External Storage! Transfer data quickly and easily with this great external hard drive case! The USB 2.0 interface allows for data transfer rates up to 480Mbps. This case is powered by a USB 2.0 connection. The easy to use design allows for quick installation of 2.5-inch hard drives. This enclosure provides a fast and easy way to add more storage space to your Desktop or Notebook. The USB 2.0 interface allows users to read and write large files up to 480Mbps per second, and this device is also backward compatible to the USB 1.1 specification. Reuse old 2.5 Hard Drives as perfect external storage! Specifications : USB 2.0 Support Standard 2.5 Hard Disk Drives Ultra Light Aluminum Case Easy access on PC or Notebook Equipped with LED indicator for Power and Action status USB Bus-power support Supports Wakeup ability Supports up to 480Mbps high-speed data transfers Supports 2.5-inch IDE hard drives Supports 9.5mm drives only. Hot-swappable Plug and Play Supports UDMA/100 (backwards compatible) Complies with Universal Serial Bus Specification Rev. 2.0. Complies with ATA/ATAPI-6 Specification Rev 1.0 (PIO mode 0~4, DMA mode 0~2, UDMA mode 0~5). Supports 8-bit/16-bit Standard PIO mode interface. Supports 16-bit multiword DMA mode and Ultra DMA mode interface (Ultra 33/ 66 / 100). Embedded USB 2.0 UTMI transceiver. Embedded 7.5 MIPS RISC CPU. Supports USB 2.0 TEST mode features. Easy to open design Requirements : 2.5-inch hard drive Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP Mac OS 8.6 and above Retail Package Content: Hard Drive Enclosure Carrying case USB 2.0 cable Driver Disk User Manual Screwdriver ScrewsDigital Cameras & Photo Categories
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