The Combo Hard Drive for Serial ATA hard drive is another innovative hard drive kit solution from Addonics. This drive kit enables any Serial ATA hard drive to be used as a hot swap removable hard drive and as an external Serial ATA hard drive. To provide efficient cooling for the high RPM Serial ATA hard drive, high air flow is forced through the drive enclosure by an innovative fan system located at the bottom of the drive cradle.
The drive cradle is equipped with a unique pass through Serial ATA and power connectors that turns any internal Serial ATA port inside a computer into an external Serial ATA port. The external Serial ATA port, couples with the Addonics External Serial ATA interface cable, enables you to connect a wide range of Addonics external Serial ATA storage devices via the high speed Serial ATA connection, just as simple as attaching a USB storage device to a system. To match the color of your computers, you also have a choice of black or ivory color.
Product features
- Support any 3.5" Serial ATA hard drive
- Innovative bottom fan system for fast cooling
- Pass through Serial ATA and Power port at the front of drive cradle
- Point to point Serial ATA connection (no cable to connect hard drive to enclosure)
- Power and hard drive access* indicators
- Install into any 5 1/4" drive bay as a removable hard drive
- Hot swappable (1), hard drive can be removed or add to the system without restarting*
- Convert any Serial ATA hard drive into an external Serial ATA hard drive
- OS independent
- Simple installation (see user guide)
*for the second generation of Combo Hard Drives with various improvements, click on the link for Saturn Combo Hard Drive
* Drive access signal is from Serial ATA controller. The primary drive (usually the drive C) cannot be removed from the system.
(1) Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.
Specifications
Supported Drive Type:
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3.5" Serial ATA Hard Drive |
| Interface connector : |
Serial ATA
|
| Power connectors: |
15-pin and 4-pin connectors |
| Other connectors: |
Pass through external Serial ATA power connector and Serial ATA port on drive cradle |
| Power source: |
PC power supply when used as removable hard drive
110/220V AC adapter when used as an External hard drive
|
| Power control: |
ON/OFF switch on drive cradle |
| Power indicator |
LED on Drive cradle
LED on External power cable
|
| Hard drive access indicator |
LED on Drive cradle |
| Lock: |
Keyless turn button on drive enclosure |
| Cooling fan |
1 fan at bottom of drive cradle |
| Dimensions: |
7.28 x 5.75 x 1.65 in (190 x 146 x 42 mm) |
| Weight: |
12 oz (drive enclosure and drive cradle set) |
| Warranty: |
One Year |
System Requirements
- PC/AT or Compatible System
- One available 5 1/4" drive bay (for drive cradle installation)
- One Serial ATA port
- 486, Pentium or greater
