cheapest sata->fw400 enclosure? (or ide->fw400?)

[supernova777]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MEP934FWU2/

anyone know of a better price then this? (45$)
this price sucks considering this one doesnt even have esata

[supernova777]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/External-2-5-SATA-Hard-Drive-HDD-SSD-Enclosure-USB-Firewire-IEEE-1394-4pin-6pin-/281344394332?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item41816ec45c
26$ from china
 but again, no esata

[IIO]

it is always hard to tell if something is 150, 300, or 600 SATA ... recently i was completely lost to terminate a SATA II disk for a SATA I controller, because i didnt know what model the HD was, since the dealer sent us a wrong one ...

[supernova777]

shit i just realized the link i posted before was for a laptop2.5" drive not a 3.5" Grrrr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vantec-NEXSTAR3-3-5-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure-USB-eSATA-Firewire-NST-360UFS-BK-/281309678586?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item417f5d0bfa

i have a bunch of these drive enclosures and im pretty happy with them but none of the ones i have have firewire just usb + esata..

i really wish i had of bought the firewire version!!!!! why is it so hard to find a freaking fw400 enclosure these days???

this icydock one looks awesome but too bad the price doesnt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ICY-DOCK-ICYRaid-MB662USEB-2S-1-2bay-3-5-SATA-HDD-RAID-Enclosure-1394b-eSATA-USB-/151167579318?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23324a34b6

i have to find this old thread of jerry's owc enclosure..

[supernova777]

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/MacAlly/PHRS100SUA/
42.99

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Elephant%20Storage/MAP407/
32.99

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/MacAlly/PHRS100SUAOB/
35$ (with Esata!)

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Elephant%20Storage/MAP412/
59.99 (raid enclosure 3.5")

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/GM3QKIT0GBOB/
97$

i guess the answer is this 32.99 elephant storage one.. ;0
but looking more closely on the owc site it says the psu it comes with is only 2 amp and they reccomend u buy a 3 amp psu for an extra 25$? ugh....

[supernova777]

it is always hard to tell if something is 150, 300, or 600 SATA ... recently i was completely lost to terminate a SATA II disk for a SATA I controller, because i didnt know what model the HD was, since the dealer sent us a wrong one ...

sata doesnt require termination. i think u are confusing SAS or SCSI

[IIO]

sata doesnt require termination. i think u are confusing SAS or SCSI

if you want to connect a SATA 300 disk to an SATA 150 controller you have to set jumpers for enabling this mode.

if you dont do it, you can almost forget using the HD, it will fail on reading long files.

[supernova777]

are u sure about that because i have bene using sata3 disks on a sata150 pci card and ive had no problems with files..?

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/271766-32-sata-backwards-compatible-sata

All sata is backward compatible. Some disks have jumpers to force a slower speed in case the auto speed detection isn't working properly on the controller.

perhaps your controller is at fault? if u had a problem?