Can you hack this unit to use standard internal drives? I really don't want to be bound by this GoFlex standard. I want to be able to drop a 3TB drive in this thing. I'm not afraid to cut plastic either. I under stand you can attach an external drive but that is just more space/outlets/cable. Can you hack this unit to use standard internal drives? I really don't want to be bound by this GoFlex standard. I want to be able to drop a 3TB drive in this thing. I'm not afraid to cut... » Read More Can you hack this unit to use standard internal drives? I really don't want to be bound by this GoFlex standard. I want to be able to drop a 3TB drive in this thing. I'm not afraid to cut plastic either. I under stand you can attach an external drive but that is just more space/outlets/cable. « Show Less
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Wait am I confusing this product this product with something else? You can't put a hard drive in this one right? Only External?
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I am trying this tonight. The box does have two external USB ports but the internal GoFlex dock looks to be a standard SATA connection. Ill let you know how it goes.
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The good news is that the connector in side the dock is a standard SATA port. The bad news (for me) is that a full size desktop HD wont fit. I had to use Sabrent USB-DSC5 Serial ATA or IDE 2.5-/3.5-Inch to USB 2.0 Cable Converter Adapter with Power Supply to connect my HD. Now I guess I look for a cheap laptop HD....Let me know if I can do anything else for ya.
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No. You can not. This is a Dock for G-Tech's ev drive series. So you can take their portable EV drives and dock them to your computer without having to plug them in individually. You can not open a G-Tech drive and replace the internal drive. You can however buy other G-Drive ev drives and use those. You can also take the drives out of the dock and use them as standard external drives with a cable going to each drive. This is not a NAS dock or 3.5 inch dock. Let me reiterate- this is a dock to be used with G-Tech's ev series of drives.
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The model numbers seem to change, but the little flat sled, which is considerably cheaper, has only one Thunderbolt connector. It has to be the last unit on a daisy chain. The upright unit, which is more expensive, has two connectors and can be in the middle of a daisy chain. Both are designed for seagate goflex packaged discs, but can be used for any raw disc if you shim the disc so it is not supported exclusively on the connector. A pack of postit sticky labels will work.
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This player is fantastic! 1. I've had a 2TB external attached and had no problems. 2. This is a stand alone unit. It was not designed for an internal HDD. Thus allowing it to accept outside attachments.3. It accepts all common audio and video files I've thrown at it with ease.Hope this helps.
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I personally have a 2TB installed, so i cannot speak for that. But i don't think it's an issue, since it's just a normal SATA to USB adapter, i don't think that there's going to be an issue with using a 3TB Drive or larger.
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I presume you're having a problem with the connector of the mentioned GoFlex hard drive and not the actualy hard drive itself. If that is the case, then yes, this should take care of the same. Taking the HDD out of the seagate case might take some work, but putting it inside this one's a breeze!
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Are you asking about the actual hard drive inside the storage module? According to the Seagate forums while it is designed to be a "no user serviceable parts inside" component, it is technically possible to crack open the module and put in a new hard disk, but not recommended unless you REALLY know what you are doing. As for swapping out the storage module itself with a new one from the same model GoFlex, that's easy. Just pop the old one off and put a new one in.
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While I have not tried a 3TB hard drive in this device I have used it with a 2TB drive and see no reason why a 3TB wouldn't work!
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I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is not supported. I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is... » Read More I'm going to disagree with Robert Robinson. His link describes connecting an external hard drive via USB. This drive is an internal drive with an IDE/PATA interface. It may be possible to put this drive into an external enclosure that exposes a USB interface but I don't think that's what you're asking (and it would require an additional purchase of said enclosure).https://support.us.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/362The above link indicates that the PS3 uses a 2.5" internal SATA (Serial ATA) drive. It specifically states that PATA (Parallel ATA) is not supported. « Show Less
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1) I've never seen anything like that -- and I check regularly for USB 3 cards (and also SATA III cards). 2) It is EXTREMELY unlikely ANYONE puts out a card that will do RAID with ESATA (as opposed to internal SATA). RAID is set up under the assumption that all the disks will be treated as a single unit. I don't know of anyone who would be using EXTERNAL drives for RAID. 3) Keep in mind that this is PCIe x ONE, not 4 or 8 or 16. That means it has limited bandwidth. You MIGHT be able to find a PCIe-x1 card that can handle 2-disk MIRRORED RAID (I think that's RAID 10), but with more disks (i.e., striping as opposed to mirroring), an x1 card probably couldn't handle the throughput of modern drives. You could still read and write to the drives, but there would be no speed advantage to using multi-disk striped RAID.
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As yet, I've not needed tech support. I installed a 1TB drive and as I mentioned in my review, the documentation leaves some to be desired. You _have_ to format the drive before the device will make it visible to computers plugged into the USB port. I verified that I can read 32GB CF and SD cards and that I can get the files off the drive over the USB port. Those are the main functions I'm counting on.
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NOThis unit is designed to host 3 x 3.5" drives in the same space as it would take to put 2 optical drives or 2 x 5.25" floppy drives (no longer in use but still the original reason for the space requirement).Furthermore, I would NOT recommend this unit because it requires the use of "trays" in which the hard drives must be mounted before they can be used. If you should, in the future, decide to use a "hot-swappable" method for accessing hard drives, find one that is "trayless."
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Physical size? it has 2 regular drive trays that are SATA hot swap-able. your 3Tb drives will fit fine if they are SATA and not IDE cable connection. I have 2 60Gb SSD's in mine. it also has 2 more regular drive bays in the back left side also, NOT hot swap-able. Now, the internal size of your drive, i.e.- 3Tb, is only limited by your motherboard and processor and operating system combination usually. This case has 2 Sata connections, one for each front hot-swap bay, at the back of the opening, one above the other. You mount the drive on the tray and slide it in and lock the lever in place. Then you connect two Sata cables to the adapter and then to the motherboard. Hope this helps! Physical size? it has 2 regular drive trays that are SATA hot swap-able. your 3Tb drives will fit fine if they are SATA and not IDE cable connection. I have 2 60Gb SSD's in mine. it also has 2 more regular drive bays in the back left side also, NOT hot swap-able. Now, the internal size of your drive, i.e.- 3Tb, is only limited by your motherboard and processor and operating system combination usually. This case has 2 Sata connections, one for each front hot-swap bay, at the back of the opening, one above the other. You mount the drive on the tray and slide it in and lock the lever in place.... » Read More Physical size? it has 2 regular drive trays that are SATA hot swap-able. your 3Tb drives will fit fine if they are SATA and not IDE cable connection. I have 2 60Gb SSD's in mine. it also has 2 more regular drive bays in the back left side also, NOT hot swap-able. Now, the internal size of your drive, i.e.- 3Tb, is only limited by your motherboard and processor and operating system combination usually. This case has 2 Sata connections, one for each front hot-swap bay, at the back of the opening, one above the other. You mount the drive on the tray and slide it in and lock the lever in place. Then you connect two Sata cables to the adapter and then to the motherboard. Hope this helps! « Show Less
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Aside from cost considerations, why would you want to do that? If there is one thing I've learned, it is always better to go big when it comes to HDs. 1 T might seem like a lot now, but I bet you'd be suprised how fast you fill it up. I'm wondering if there is a 3rd party alternative that costs less...
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Yes you can. You can either just place it somewhere in the case( it has no moving parts) or you can use a bracket that comes with it that will fit into the standard 3.5 slot a normal HD would slide into
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Not sure, I put a 3tb in mine, but I also have a 4tb external connected to it. I don't see why it wouldn't accept a 4tb drive internally.
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Hi FYI I dont think that the unit will support a drive over 3TB. 2TB is the limit. But maybe the unit you get will You should make sure to check on that. mine does not. Sorry I cant answer you question I have never tried RAID with my units they are just dumb drives.