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(More customer reviews)I purchased this HDD box as a replacement for the stock plastic external HDD box from WD that had a 1TB green drive inside. The WD box developed a problem with the USB connector on it's PCB, and rather then jump through all the hoops to send the unit in under warranty, I decided to buy the Ineo box and transfer the hard drive (which is fully functional). The Ineo box is a vast improvement over the stock WD plastic box. The WD box had no ventilation holes whatsoever, plus the fact that it was made of plastic means the HDD was guaranteed to run hot. The Ineo box, on the other hand, has one side that is completely made of a metal mesh screen to ensure that the HDD can easily dissipate heat. And the hard drive mounting tray and box are made of metal, which also helps with heat dissipation.
The fit, finish, and design of the Ineo box are very well done. The instructions are well illustrated and written, and are very easy to follow. Total installation time was about 10 minutes. The only tool you'll need is a small Philips screwdriver. There is only one screw that holds the hard drive tray in the housing. Once you remove that, the tray slides out and you install the HDD into the tray with four screws, attach the appropriate cables (IDE or SATA), and slide the tray assembly back into the housing, tighten the one screw on the side, and your done. Two things to be aware of though: 1)when I went to slide the tray back in it seemed to get hung up on the housing, so don't force it, take your time and it'll go in just fine, 2)if you're installing a SATA drive be aware that the SATA cable is a tight fit and it helps to bend it to the appropriate curvature before you install it, and you may have to press down on it slightly to get it to clear the mesh screen when sliding the tray back in.
The other nice thing about this Ineo enclosure is that they even include a eSATA cable, which was a big help for me (nothing extra to have to buy). I connected the drive to my XP desktop, formatted it, and it was good to go. I currently have the Ineo hooked up to an Asus O!Play HDP-R1 - Digital multimedia receiver with the eSATA cable to play DVD ISO files, and it works excellent. The drive runs nice and quiet and cool. If you're looking for a well built external hard drive enclosure that will keep your HDD cool, I would definitely recommend this Ineo unit. I will definitely be buying a couple more of these!
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Product Description:
The I-NIA315Ue series is an intelligent Plug-and-Play high speed USB 2.0 / e-SATA compatible storage device. The I-NIA315Ue supports SATA and IDE ATA Hard Disk Drives. Therefore, the user can choose either SATA or IDE interface to install in enclosure. Besides, the product supports e-SATA interface, and the user can backup data via e-SATA interface, five times faster than USB2.0, between enclosure and PC. This model will make your old fashion IDE hard drive reusable again.
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