Coolmax HD-389-U2 3.5IN Sata External Encl with USB2.0 Connection
Oct 23, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- Coolmax HD-389-U2 3.5-inch USB 2.0 Aluminum External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure General Features:
- Silver color Suitable for 3.5-inch SATA hard drives USB 2.0 interface
- Up to 480 Mbps data transfer rate Aluminum case material Plug and Play Hot Swappable
- LED indicator Dimensions: 1.25 x 4.25 x 7.3-inches (H x W x D, approximate) Regulatory Approvals:
Don’t be boggled down by overheated hard drives, slow data transfer rate, incompatible software, and hard to understand installations. Coolmax HD-389-U2 3.5″ SATA aluminum enclosure has an aluminum cover that is designed for heat dissipation to prevent your hard drive from overheating made suitable for all capacity hard drives. It offers a USB 2.0 interface for fast back-up and data transfer rate at 480Mbps. It is also compatible with both Mac and PC operating systems. With easy to understand, plug and play features, this 3.5″ aluminum enclosure delivers all that it promises…. More >>
Coolmax HD-389-U2 3.5IN Sata External Encl with USB2.0 Connection
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5 comments
David P. Palmer on October 23, 2009 at 2:13 pm
So, it’s a cheap enclosure for the old SATA drive that was taken out in an upgrade. If you are going to back up your precious files and put it away someplace safe, you should be ok.
If you use multiple USB things and have maybe a single USB cable handy beware that this enclosure strays from the standard USB A-plug at the PC and USB B-plug at the device. Look in Amazon’s own picture, the USB connection is the same as the one on your PC. You need to use the A to A cable included with it.
That and the case’s paint or plastic really stinks right out of the package. Wonder why it’s shrink wrapped inside of the package, and then the package is shrink wrapped – because that smell of bottom of the sea rot is enough to make you put it back on the shelf. It seems to have dissipated in a day.
Got it on sale for $20 at Fr*’s. I’m backing up mp3s and pictures and putting it away in a safe place. Hope the bank doesn’t think I left a raw fish in the safety deposit box . . .
Cleveland A. Rhodes on October 23, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I love this product due to the fact that it dose everything that I want it to do and the others who gave this product low numbers really needs to see the protential for something that is cheap can be really a hidden diamond that this product can do. The installation was easy and I was ready to go in seconds.
I recommend this product if you want to go cheap with the prices of backup products and make your own external enclosure….this product is the ticket.
Robert Lichtman on October 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm
It very poor quality product. It works sometimes and then sometimes it just looses connection. I tried different hard drives just to make sure it was not the hard drive and same problem. I also have tried product on different computers to find same issue.
Rich on October 23, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Seems to look good and work good. After a month no issues. I have it attached to my NAS that runs 24/7 and since no fan, there is only the hard drive spinning which is pretty quite.
J. Campbell on October 23, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I’m not a hard drive expert but I’d at least think that some ventilation would be needed in order to keep the drive cool, but none is present on this case and within a month my hard drive failed on me in it. The external case would always be extremely hot and the sleep mode is incredibly poor because it will do it even when it’s in the middle of doing stuff such as backup.
It’s also loud, vibrates my desk a bit, and overall there are just too many better drive enclosures for $10, $20 more to bother with this product.