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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
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!
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
Reviewed By: Patrick on 5/22/2008
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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Pros: I Was amazed at Newegg's fast shipping. I ordered on Tuesday and received on Wednesday (next day). This is my first experience using an external HD enclosure, and I am very pleased with the speed. I also switch between ide and sata drives and love this feature. I read reviews that said the power cable or SATA cable was reversed, but I had no problem - I simply installed the HD outside the unit, then flipped the HD end over end to put it into the enclosure. I was also able to read a HD I couldn't read in the computer. I use Microsoft Windows XP and 7, and Linux Ubuntu and it works great with all systems.
Cons: Time consuming to take enclosure apart and switch out Hard Drive and put back together again, but not a big deal for me. The Pros far outweigh this little con. I have left the enclosure apart when switching back and forth among different drives, but I'm not sure if that's proper - Have to be very careful not to touch anything sensitive or electrical.
Other Thoughts: I'm happy and satisfied with this unit. I am very happy with Newegg.
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Works Great
Reviewed By: riveter on 1/5/2010
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: It does what it's supposed to. I have an IDE drive installed with an NTFS partition for backups and a FAT 32 partition for my PS3. I use it for backups of my main PC and for watching videos on the PS3.
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: Good quality product at a good price.
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works ok
Reviewed By: reseng on 1/4/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I've only tested it with my older IDE drives, 20G-80Gig. Worked with both Linux and WinXP just fine.
Cons: Mechanically poor layout internally. The IDE connector is rigid and the IDE-power cable was difficult to use. Feels like I'll snap the IDE connector off of the circuit board if I use it too much.
Other Thoughts: I originally bought this so I could swap in/out a bunch of old hard-drives, but due to mechanical reasons I think that it would break if I swapped more than 5 or 6 times. HOWEVER, I'd probably buy a second one because it is very functional.
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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
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
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
Aluminum Enclosure The stylish, sturdy aluminum enclosure provides excellent heat dissipation and tough, reliable hard drive protection.
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.
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.
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.
Reviewed By: CalcProgrammer1 on 12/28/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
