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Gregory W.

Gregory W.

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Solid design. Easy assembly. Poor quality power supply.

VANTEC NST-536S3-BK 5.25" Blu-Ray / DVD / CD SATA Drives Black Standard SATA / SuperSpeed USB 3.0 USB 3.0 External Enclosure for SATA Blu-Ray/CD/DVD Drive
VANTEC NST-536S3-BK 5.25" Blu-Ray / DVD / CD SATA Drives Black Standard SATA / SuperSpeed USB 3.0 USB 3.0 External Enclosure for SATA Blu-Ray/CD/DVD Drive

Pros: As said above, the quality of construction of the enclosure is very good. Pretty much any 5.25" optical drive (CD/DVD/Blu Ray) will easily fit and be securely held in this enclosure. Solid metal construction with minimal plastic should help dissipate heat.

Cons: Power supply is woefully weak. Says 12w 2a, but when I installed an LG WH14NS40 (14x blu ray burner) and powered enclosure on, the drive was detected, the power light on the drive came on and when a disc was inserted, the drive access light would come on as if the disc was being read but nothing after that. After a couple of minutes of a flashing access light, it would stop and the drive was unable to detect any disc (cd/dvd/blu ray) that I would insert. There was no noise of a disc "spinning up" or being read. I removed the drive from the enclosure and swapped it out with another LG blu ray burner, an LG WH16NS40 (16x blu ray burner) from a desktop pc of mine, but the results were the same. However, with either drive installed in the desktop, I no problems detecting, reading and writing discs of all types (cd/dvd or blu ray). The power requirements for both drives are the same (12w 2a), so the problem obviously lies with the power supplied to the drive while in the enclosure. Unfortunately, I didn't need use of the enclosure right away, so I let it sit in the box after receiving it for the better part of a year without testing it, assuming everything would work as planned when I did need it. It is out of the warranty period, so I am stuck with it, and the only option I have is to try and find another brand of blu ray burner to try or "downgrade" to a blu ray "reader" with dvd burning as an option or just a dvd burner if one can be found that will require 12w 2a or less.

Overall Review: I would recommend anyone considering this enclosure to do their research and verify, if possible, compatibility with whatever drive they intend to use. All the reviews that I've been able to find mentioning use with LG blu ray drives haven't given drive model numbers or mentioned if they were just blu ray "readers" (bd rom with dvd writing capability) or "rewriters". The power requirements for dvd burners and blu ray readers are probably less than that for burners, or maybe I just got a lemon of a product. Has anyone else had this same problem with this product?

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Very good

Items received in a timely manner and in perfect condition. Would recommend this seller to others.

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