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acomdata SMBXXXU2E-Blk Aluminum 3.5" Obsidian Black USB 2.0 Samba Enclosure Kit - Retail

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OverviewCustomer ReviewSpecificationsProduct Tour
AcomData brings you the very latest in stylish enclosures for your data storage needs. With the Samba Enclosure, you can transform any 3.5 IDE hard drive into high-performance portable storage. With a built-in 16-bit RISC processor, you'll get faster transfers than ever before. You can run applications right from your HybridDrive on any Windows PC. Once you activate Nomad Mobile Desktop, you can run all the included applications right from the Drive itself.

Push button backup lets you make sure your important files are safe with the touch of a button, and data synchronization lets you manage files on multiple computers at once.

AcomData is known for innovative solutions, and this one's on the leading age in storage management!

Review Summary (read more reviews, write a review)

5
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64%
4
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3
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Product Rating:
Total Reviews: 74

Good Looks, Good Price, Great Product

white Reviewed By: CalcProgrammer1 on 12/28/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: This is a nice enclosure! It looks great, is easy to assemble, and works on almost any OS because it shows up as a USB Mass Storage device. I put a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB in it and it picked it up at full SATA 300 speed and formatted fine. USB transfers are reasonably fast, 25MB/s average in Vista, can reach 30+ depending on drive's seek time. The finish is nice and the assembled drive feels solid. The cords are nice, not cheap or weak. Works fine with IDE drives too, put in a Maxtor DiamondMax 20 (7200RPM 120GB) and it worked fine, also hitting 20+ MB/s during transfers. The indicator LED on the front glows blue when the drive is on and also has a red LED that flashes on activity. I would definitely buy another one of these should I ever need another external drive!
Cons: None, really, cables are a bit cramped but nothing you can't manage with a little effort. Doesn't report SMART or other drive info to the PC, but it does show the drive's name as the USB device name. External power supply is a pain if you're using a laptop, but, after all, 3.5" drives need a 12V supply which you can't get from a laptop.
Other Thoughts: Excellent product, works with my 1.5TB drive even when my onboard SATA 150 controller refuses to boot with the drive in (awful cheap Silicon Image chip). SATA/IDE compatibility leaves it open for swapping drives should you decide to move the external drive into your PC later. I have used this in Windows Vista 32, Windows Vista 64, Ubuntu 8.10, and Windows XP. I'm sure it will work in most other OS'es as well.
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Excellent enclosure for the price

white Reviewed By: Patrick on 5/22/2008
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: This enclosure I found locally and tried it out and it is an excellent product for price. I recently disassymbled some computers and they had some fairly new 250GB hard drives in them. I bought this enclosure mostly to use to test the drives to see if there was any data I needed to get off of them and such, but I loved the lines of this product, and the looks. Plus it was so easy to use, and these enclosures support both PATA and SATA drives. I am on here to buy 2 more from New Egg (they have the best prices) and I am going to use my old drives for storing music and videos that I need space for. I love the different colors as well, so I can keep track of which one has what on it more or less.
Cons: The base of these enclosures use a weird nut and bolt type of groove thing on the bottom of the enclosure that confused me a little at first, but the documentation both in print and on the enclosed CD really helped. The base sort of slides onto the bottom using the nuts that are $crewed onto the bolts, and you just tighten them up after sliding them on. It was a little tricky at first, so if I had to give this enclosure a "con", that's the worst I can say.
Other Thoughts: These drives come with a very good manual, but they also have a CD that has an even more extensive manual in .pdf format that was very helpful to me in putting this thing together. For all intents and purposes, you can't beat the value for the money here.

Also, one trick that I have learned is that internal hard drives usually have much better warranty's than external hard drives, so buying the internal hard drive and putting it in an external enclosure has saved my bacon in the past, so I have tried and used many hard drive enclosures in the past. These have been by far the best bang for my buck.
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Quick Specs (view all30)

ModelSMBXXXU2E-Blk
Size3.5"
AC AdapterYes
MaterialAluminum
Internal InterfaceSATA & IDE

Review Summary (read all 74 Reviews, write a review)

5
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64%
4
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18%
3
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11%
2
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3%
1
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4%
Product Rating:
Total Reviews: 74

Does what it's supposed to

white Reviewed By: on 11/15/2009
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Cheap
IDE and SATA interface
Cons: quality of internals
Other Thoughts: I had an old hard drive I needed to get a ton of files off of and used this to access the drive via USB. After taking ownership of the drive under Windows Security settings for the drive I was able to access and transfer all of the files with ease. Great product for the price
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Excellent

white Reviewed By: on 11/12/2009
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Awesome, easy to swap HD
No problems
Cons: None
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Unreliable

white Reviewed By: JT on 11/7/2009
Rating + 1
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: solid construction
Cons: The only thing I can rely on with this unit is that it will disconnect from any pc during file transfers.
Other Thoughts: Buy a different brand. 4 years ago i spent half this price on a cheap, plastic bytecc enclosure - that still works without fail. this fancy metal enclosure with the ooh-ahh blinking lights failed after 1 month.
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Model
Brand acomdata
Model SMBXXXU2E-Blk
Spec
Color Obsidian Black
Size 3.5"
AC Adapter Yes
Material Aluminum
Internal Interface SATA & IDE
External Interface USB 2.0
Specifications System Requirements

Windows PCs:
Windows Vista (Ultimate, Home
Basic/Premium, Business); XP with SP 1 or later (Home, Pro, x64, MCE); Windows 2000 with SP 4 or later; Me; 98SE
Free USB 2.0 or 1.1 port

Macintosh:
G3 (or later) or Intel processor
Mac OS 10.2 or later
Free USB 2.0 or 1.1 port
Features Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Takes a SATA or PATA IDE hard disk
48-bit Logical Block Addressing
Near-silent, fanless operation
On-Off Switch
Hot Pluggable
Mac and PC compatible
Easy Installation and Setup

Introduction

AcomData brings you the very latest in stylish enclosures for your data storage needs. With the Samba Enclosure, you can transform any 3.5 IDE hard drive into high-performance portable storage. With a built-in 16-bit RISC processor, you'll get faster transfers than ever before. You can run applications right from your HybridDrive on any Windows PC. Once you activate Nomad Mobile Desktop, you can run all the included applications right from the Drive itself.

Push button backup lets you make sure your important files are safe with the touch of a button, and data synchronization lets you manage files on multiple computers at once.

AcomData is known for innovative solutions, and this one's on the leading age in storage management!

Highlights

newegg Aluminum Enclosure
The stylish, sturdy aluminum enclosure provides excellent heat dissipation and tough, reliable hard drive protection.
newegg Great Compatibility
The AcomData Samba enclosure is compatible with both SATA and PATA IDE hard drives, providing an ideal solution for your portable storage needs.
newegg 48-bit LBA Technology
48-bit LBA Technology extends the capacity of IDE drives beyond the limit of 137.4 GB, so you can install the highest capacity IDE/EIDE drives available on the market.
newegg The USB 2.0 interface enables fast transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps and
The USB 2.0 interface enables fast transfer speeds of up to 480Mbps and plug-and-play connectivity.

Quick Specs

Brandacomdata
AC AdapterYes
ColorBlack
External InterfaceUSB 2.0
Internal InterfaceSATA & IDE
MaterialAluminum
Size3.5"
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