I'm having a problem getting this to work. I've tried it with two different drives both 2.5in SATA and can't get it to work. Any help?
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If you have a USB charger (the one you use to charge your cell phone), plug one of the USB cable from the enclosure to the charger and plug the charger to the wall plate as power source, it'll work.
77581
What operating system are you using? I couldn't get it to work using Win 7 32 bit, but it worked on an older PC running XP.
77582
I had no problem getting it to work the first time I placed either of my hard drives into the housing. The only thing that I can think of is that I assume that you're connecting BOTH USB ports... try 2 DIFFERENT USB ports on your computer or try just ONE and if that doesn't work, try the OTHER. My computer has 6 USB ports and my printer will only work on the port where it was connected when the drivers were installed originally. Switching ports may help.
77583
Did you try plugging both USB ends in the computer? When you plug it in you should see a blue power light on the unit and feel the drive spinning. If you are not seeing and feeling this something is wrong with the drive, the computer USB ports you are plugging it into or the SATA drive enclosure. Since you tried another drive, try plugging it into another computer or USB port you know work. If this fails you probably have a bad enclosure.
77584
some drives draw more power, and you must use the included cable to plug to two ports to deliver enough power to run the drive.
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works on sata2 - i have one of the 840 series 250g installed in an old pc with sata2
311722
It did not work for me as well after first try, although I did not try hard. I decided, it is simply do not worth to spend time trying to make it work. I bought a new 2TB new SATA-6 drive for $85 and decided do not use internal RAID at all. I have RAID on external NAS with all data and cloned internal drive with all programs.
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Is your mac's Sata 6Gb/s compatible? Because, if it is older, it may be only 3Gb/s, and that would be why it is slower.
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Hmm.. not sure.. theoretically it should work but I didn't want to chance it. So I took my separate external 2TB drive and connected it and it works perfectly
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I tried it with a 3.5 inch hard drive and couldn't get it to work. It uses the USB port to supply power to the hard drive and the sata drive would not start. I tried a different adapter that used power from an AC outlet and that one worked great. I was able to connect to my laptop via USB and get all the data off of the drive. Not sure I am allowed to say which drive that was but I can tell you it cost less too.
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PS: I meant to also add that you should scroll down to Page 7 of 17 in the Sabrent PDF manual; the pics will show how to install the SATA drive using the port on the Sabrent HD enclosure. The old saying... a picture is worth a thousand words applies!! (&lt;;
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This should work with SAS drives... It basically moves the connected over to the side on th back, whereas most other kits just leave the slot towards th middle. The SATA designation basically just means it uses SATA connectors. At the very least, try it and if it doesn't work you can return it.
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I just connected a 500GB (WD500AADS, ASIN: B002P3KO4C search it on Amazon) drive using a sata to USB connector (ASIN: B000J01I1G search it on Amazon). I had to use the tuner to format (fat32), and it shows up as a 465GB drive. I hit the PVR button, and recorded a sample, no problem. I imagine the pre-packaged drives would work the same.
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).
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This appears to be capable of supporting a 4TB drive. Once the 2.5 TB is passed, it seems to function properly, assuming that you are running an operating system that supports the volume (64bit system), if not you need to break it up into volumes blow the 32bit system limit.
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Dear Jen Unfortunately, I didn't use SATA Yet Because I don't have a Device with this plug. I only use USB 3.0, and my Operating System is Windows 8.1.
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SATA III drives do work on SATA II setups. It will just run at the SATA II specs. I have the 2TB version of this drive on a SATA II bus and it works fine. I remember looking for SATA II drives last July and they weren't nearly as available as SATA III and it wouldn't have saved me any money.
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sata 3.5 inch 500-2tb per mfg just now...need to format the hard disk to a fat32 hope this helps. i got my answer to my question about the adm password. thanks for the motivation. they have a live chat which was quick and simple to use.
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It has worked with all my SATA drives from 100GB to 750GB. You'll have to use an adapter for pin conversion.
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The sata connection should be the same but you will need adapter to hold the 2.5 drive in place.
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Don't know about SATA 3, but config is done the same as any other RAID controller, you hit CTL S or whatever it wants and create a new raid with the drives you have plugged in to it. Worked fine for me with 2 SATA 500G drives.