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I
know what you are thinking, not another external hard drive enclosure
review... Before you close this page and surf on down the internet you
need to read on a little bit because this one is different, I promise. The
reason this external hard disk drive is different is because it's
universal. No, not just universal in the way it plugs into your
computer, this baby is compatible with both IDE and Serial ATA hard
drives, and it can plug into both USB 2.0 and Serial ATA ports! Do I
have your attention now? If so, read on and let's take a closer look!
Features:
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Fully support 3.5" IDE or
SATA Hard Drive
Support 480Mbps High Speed USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
Support 1.5Gbps High Speed Serial-ATA
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4 functions in it :
USB to IDE HDD, USB to SATA HDD
SATA to IDE HDD, SATA to SATA HDD
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Mirror finish & rich 3
colors (Black, Blue, Gray) available
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Aluminum housing for
excellent heat dissipation.
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Support plug and play &
hot swappable
Must be attached to hot swappable compliant host to enable hot
swappable function
Specifications:
Model:
Interface:
Dimension: |
LUX-350SA-BK,
LUX-350SA-BL, LUX-350SA-GY
USB 2.0 & SATA
210(L) x 125 (W) x 34 (H) mm |
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| Supports: |
USB: Window
98SE/ME/2000/XP/Mac OS 8.6 & Above
Serial ATA: Windows 2000/XP/Mac OS 8.6 & Above |
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| Package Includes:
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Enclosure, Power
Adaptor, Power Cable, USB Cable, IDE Power cable, Sata Bracket,
External SATA Cable, Internal Sata Cable, Internal IDE cable, User
Manual, Screws package, Stand, Driver CD, Cleaning wiper |
Up close and
personal:
The
LUXON is well packaged and comes with everything you need to install a
hard drive and setup the external device, right down to an external Serial
ATA port and bracket, cleaning rag, cables, and a handy tool. It's all
there.
The
enclosure itself is not extraordinary or life altering, but it is a good
looking enclosure that is compact, yet functional.
The
enclosure is vented to help keep the hard drive cool although there is
no cooling fan. Cooling fans are not really necessary with external
drives if they are not heavily used. Most external enclosures don't have
cooling fans anyway so we won't dock points from VIZO on this.
The
rear of the LUXON has a USB and a Serial ATA port. One thing I want to
point out is this Serial ATA port IS NOT an "E-SATA" or External Serial
ATA port. This is a standard SATA port, just like the one you would find
on your motherboard.
As
I mentioned in the opening, this device is compatible with both IDE and
SATA hard drives, while at the same time has the ability to plug into a
USB or the included SATA port. The LUXON is able to do all of this
because it has it's own internal controller card. This is the first
external hard drive enclosure I've reviewed that has this ability.
A close up view of the internal controller
card.
The LUXON sitting side by side with a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80Gb SATA
hard drive.
November 28th, 2006
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