Has anyone used the top HDD dock as "hot pluggable" with success? or do you have to plug in the SATA HDD and then boot the machine?
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When you plug it in, under Windows at least, the drive is usually recognized right away - no reboot needed. If it isn't, you can try going to Device Manager and scanning for new devices. If you want to remove the drive without rebooting, I would recommend disabling it in Device Manager to make sure it isn't in use. Note that you will then have to re-enable it next time you plug it in. Or you could just reboot each time :)
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Hi Z I would have to agree with R. Davis You may want to check your mother board settings as i had some problems having six sata devices connected. The drive has no drivers that come with it only some cheep burning software if you buy retail, Bulk drives is all i buy.
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I have not tried it, but it should be fine. It doesn't care what SATA drive you plug in really, it's up to the OS to figure that out anyway.
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Yes, I have done so on both of mine. Suggest a USB. If you add one internally the BIOS will "yell at you for having opened the chassis". Not a big deal to turn off but.... In any event, I have an internal on one and a USB on the other. Little or no difference in performance.
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Best Hard drive - don't see what this has to do with the dock itself. As for "good" or "best" hard drive, I'd say any bare SATA drive will work, since your connection runs through a USB 3.0 connection port, I doubt there is any need to seek, or spend extra to buy the "fastest" drive out there, just go for a drive with a good reputation for reliability.
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Kinda prefer hard drive docking stations actually. Especially ones straight up and down. Easier on the motor. One I'm using is Vantec e-sata in white. Think it only goes to 3TB so when I go to 4 TB I gotta look for a new one. I mostly prefer it because I can stick a 3-4 inch mini fan behind it if it gets too warm. And cases don't do much for heat dissipation even the ones that are supposed to. Only one that did they don't make anymore :(
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To be honest with you, IDE to SATA 3 - why? That IDE interface is sooooooo slow it would bottle neck the speed poential of this SSD drastically. I question SATA1 being used with SSD. Time to upgrade the PC.
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it is the board i did use to suck in to the motherboard IDE connector and connect sata data cable to HDD, and installed Xp. Yes, as you said little tweek required if you try to connect to sata drive to your power supply did not have. I did used adapter cable change to sata power cable i had. you can buy those adapter if you do not had, it's few dollor in the market.
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You could try that out (as I haven't). But I would use one of the computer's USB connectors to access the docked hard drive.
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I you want the E-Sata port on the front to be usable, yes. but if you just want to use everything else you can just not hookup the Sata. The rest all uses USB.
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Plug & play... A power/sata plug are built onto a small board. you plug it into the drive then slide them into the case add a usb, bam.... your done
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My unit came with a power adapter and works fine with both IDE and SATA devices. I am very pleased with it's performance. Some people leave them connected permanently but I do not do this.
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No. It will only work with the newer SATA hard drives. From experience, the only docking station that will work with the older SAT hard drives like yours is the ICY DOCK MB881U3-1SA. It is available on Amazon.com website. There is another alternative, which is cheaper. Unfortunately, the unit is very "Micky Mouse" and has a history of power source and reliability problems.
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Yep. Appears that this seller is being a bit deceptive and leading people that he is selling retail versions instead of OEM. I can only suggest that you go to Best Buy (or a local computer store) and buy a SATA drive connection cable.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming... » Read More the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card « Show Less
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I had the same issue. I even attempted to connect this to a "powered" USB port and still had nothing happen. I recently had the opportunity to test a Seagate Backup Plus Portable 1TB drive, which has a removable USB3.0 to SATA adapter. The Seagate adapter worked perfectly on all the drive I tested (i.e., 2.5" and 3.5" 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB). I'm now looking for a quality USB3.0-to-SATA adapter with a single cable, like the Seagate one.
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While I haven't tried the dock with that particular Seagate model, I haven't found any Sata drive that it has not worked for.