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Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU External Hard Drive SATA Enclosure Docking Station 2.5" & 3.5" USB 2.0

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Excellent Product

“Easy to set up and use.
No need to install drivers for XP and above.
Takes up very little space.
Good price.”

— Webshark2000 12/29/2009

Outstanding External Enclosure

“This thing rocks - what a genius concept. Setup could not be simpler - plug in power and USB, drop the drive in and you're ...”

— Gavster 12/29/2009

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Turn any Serial ATA hard drive into an external USB 2.0 storage device in minutes with the Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU hard drive docking station. The dock supports all 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch SATA hard disk drives up to 2 TB and offers USB2.0 transfer speeds up to 480 Mbps.

Installation requires no screws or tools whatsoever. Simply pop your hard drive into the dock, plug it into your computer and you are set! Hot-swap support means you can use multiple hard drives with your computer without having to reboot. The dock also maximizes heat dissipation and exhaust to protect your device from damage and extend its life.

Compatibility with both PCs and Macs makes the N0028USU adapt to multi platform environments.

Install Your Internal HDD outside Your Computer The Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU easily connects any 2.5" or 3.5" SATA hard drive up to 2TB to your computer via USB connection, so you can quickly access and store data without having to dig around inside the case.
Patented Design With a patented ejection mechanism, the Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU allows effortless and safe swap of the drive without damage.
USB 2.0 Compliant The Thermaltake BlacX N0028USU is compliant with high-speed USB 2.0 to deliver transfer rates of up to 480Mbps.

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Model

Brand: Thermaltake

Model: N0028USU

Spec

Size: 2.5" & 3.5"

AC Adapter: Yes

Material: ABS Plastic

Internal Interface: SATA

External Interface: USB 2.0

Specifications: Transfer Rate: Up to 480 Mbps (Max)

SATA Compatible: SATA I & II

HDD Compatible: All 2.5" or 3.5" SATA HDD up to 2TB

OS Compatible Windows Vista / XP / 2003 / 2000 / NT / 98 / 95 Mac 10.3 and later

Features: Patented Design
RoHS Compliance
Hot-Swap Capability for Rapid Multi HDDs Access & Exchange
Windows & Mac OS Compatible
Compact Docking Station Design maximizes Heat Dissipation & Exhaust
Windows Vista Ready !

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Filter Results Last 2 Weeks (2) Last 6 Months (117) All Reviews (475) 73% (347) 16% (75) 3% (14) 2% (11) 6% (28) Verified Owners Video Reviews Mfr. Responses keyword Go page SubmitTopPaginationForm of 48 previousTopPaginationForm\| nextTopPaginationForm
river100 9/5/2010 8:51:04 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 1/5	Rating: 4/5Manufacturer has mixed responses Pros: this dock has good reviews so i bought one. i have other adapters for getting data of of HDs, but as they are multi-format ( 2.5-3.5-IDE / sata) they are a pain in the %$#$#$ Cons: about my title as i was reading the reviews i noticed conflicting statements from manufacturer 1-Niftyapple, Please contact ttsupport@thermaltakeusa.com as there is no spooldown or spindown function on this unit. Thermaltake Customer Service 2-ddeltoro81, This unit will spin down after 5 minutes of inactivity. Please contact ttsupport@thermaltakeusa.com for further questions and trouble shooting Other Thoughts: am i reading these wrong or should the guys at Thermaltake Customer Service have a little pow wow ?? one egg off for the MANUFACTURER's conflicting statements Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 9/3/2010 5:49:38 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5 Pros: Works as advertised. Cons: The cables are kind of short... but whatever. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
ronfrazierak 9/2/2010 5:07:39 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Works as advertised! Pros: Solid construction. All USB ports work and the HDD dock has worked with every SATA drive I've plugged in. Cons: Comes with very short USB A-B and power cables. Other Thoughts: When using this, you have to be sure you properly remove USB connections using your OS interface before you unplug them from the dock. I've made the mistake of just yanking the HDD on one occasion and had to rebuild my file tables. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Possum 8/27/2010 8:44:00 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5WD Caviar Grn WD10EARS will not fit Pros: Great external drive connection. Swapping a drive is as easy as it can be. Have had no issues with drives except..... Cons: The Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB drive that I received would not physically connect to the SATA connections. The SATA connectors on the drive were about an eighth of an inch out of place. I'm not sure if this is consistent with this specific drive. All other WD drives have worked great in this thing. Other Thoughts: None Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Brian 8/20/2010 4:34:09 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Works great Pros: Decent price nice to be able to swap hard drives quickly no fan so no noise except the hard drive itself Cons: none so far Other Thoughts: Works great on mac or PC Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Dave 8/15/2010 10:19:31 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Handier Then I Could Imagine Pros: Hot swap a terabyte drive like its a flash drive. Wow! Cons: It tries to autoexecute everytime I put a drive online. No big deal. Just close the window. Other Thoughts: The minute I saw this featured, I knew I'd love it. I skipped the jazz drives and tape backups and just saved to extra hard drives. Now I use this product and can't imagine going back to working without it. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Caninekilo 8/13/2010 12:26:08 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Awesome Reader Pros: reads drives excellent. haven't had any real issues with it. most issues occur from trying to use the wrong OS to read certain data with. win 7 and Linux seem to read drives the easiest. Has worked like a champ since I got it. Cons: only con is not being able to read IDE drives, but I saw that going in. Other Thoughts: This is the second one of these that I have bought from new egg. When I got my first one had some issues trying to do some data recovery and windows xp wouldn't recognize the data. tried the box on linux and win 7 and it worked. ThermalTake tech support had pushed me in the right direction, haven't gone wrong with any of their products so far. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A 8/12/2010 11:27:44 AM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5 Pros: Very easy to use and works well for SATA hard drives, both 2.5" and 3.5". Cons: I would be thrilled if they could just build the bloody power adapter into the base of this thing. Instead, I get a brick that sits directly on the socket. Not very convenient. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Crumbs 8/11/2010 5:31:10 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 1/5Good Idea, but... Pros: Well built. Sleek Design. Cons: Incompatible with Western Digital 1TB Caviar Green SATA... take note!!! Other Thoughts: I bought this hoping it would save the power problems on my year-old 1TB MyBook. However, whenever I turned the power on, I heard a hum from the outlet (as if a fuse was about to blow), so I turned it off. Through online forums, I discovered that the issue involved the SATA drive's compatibility. Ultimately, it's a Western Digital issue and not Thermaltake's... still, I only own WD drives so I had to give this enclosure a low ranking. I returned it and am awaiting a refund. Manufacturer Response: Crumbs, This unit has no compatibility issues with any WD SATA hard drive. We use numerous drives of all sizez up to 2TB from WD without issue. Please contact ttsupport@thermaltakeusa.com for more information and help with this unit. Thermaltake Customer Service Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
merk87 8/11/2010 12:41:56 AM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 2/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5My rig is 500 miles away, at least i have my hard drives Pros: Nice to have a slightly cheaper alternative for those who do not need connections other than USB, plugs are firm, base sticks to table and doesn't slide around, base doesn't get hot Cons: none that I have seen so far Other Thoughts: Would be nice to have some way to cool off hard drives. They get a lot more air in a case than they do in this holder. Other thing is the hard drive is vertical instead of horizontal probably not great for the drive. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
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