Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk Desktop Adapter - Firewire 800/USB 2.0 STAE105

by Seagate

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 4.9 x 1.2 inches ; 8.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003KGBBRM
• Item model number: STAE105
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #54 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Networking Products > Network Adapters > USB Network Adapters
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 3, 2010

Product Description

The GoFlex Desk desktop adapter - FireWire 800/USB 2.0 enables you to upgrade the interface on your GoFlex Desk external drive to FireWire 800 connectivity. The GoFlex FireWire 800/USB 2.0 adapter features an easy-to-read LED gauge, allowing you to view available storage capacity at a glance, LED lights to show drive activity and offers 2x faster performance compared to USB 2.0. With both vertical and horizontal drive orientation options, the GoFlex FireWire 800/USB 2.0 adapter can complement any desktop environment.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speed, and much more in the box than I expected., September 28, 2010

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Rick "cpto" (East Hanover, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk Desktop Adapter - Firewire 800/USB 2.0 STAE105 (Personal Computers)

I ordered the Seagate firewire 800 adapter because I back up large amounts of video files, as well as backups of the computer itself.

Using the excellent Carbon Copy Cloner to do a bootable backup of nearly 300 GB of data, the firewire adapter was at least 50% faster than the USB base that came with the original FreeAgent GoFlex system I bought. Speed should be faster on tasks that simply dump data rather than using a program that selectively chooses files to move.

I expected the speed increase but I was very surprised at the contents of the box the firewire adapter came in.

In addition to the new base, Seagate included a new universal power supply plus several adapter plugs for use outside the US. In addition to this, they included a firewire 800 cable as well as a USB cable.

I was surprised at the addition of the USB cable, but the base I received had a USB input in addition to the firewire. It also had a second firewire 800 port, so you could use the unit in a firewire chain. Nice touch!

I really can't recommend this product too highly. Not only does it do what it is advertised to, it does more, and the consideration Seagate took in proving the extras.

Highly recommended for the Mac user or anyone that used firewire peripherals. I consider it a very good buy, especially at the Amazon price.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars with a little mod, will work with any SATA drive!, July 11, 2011

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J. schmid "blueapples" (Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk Desktop Adapter - Firewire 800/USB 2.0 STAE105 (Personal Computers)

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the price is great compared to other FW800 SATA docks, so I bought it. I hadn't read carefully so I didn't realize until after I had it that it's meant for these proprietary Seagate drives with a housing that mates to this. But after examining it, I quickly realized all you need to do is put something that about 1/8 inch thick attached to the base to even off the bottom, and it's ready to go for any naked SATA drive. (I actually just cut off the end of a chop-stick I had). It has 2 FW800 ports so you can daisy chain it if you need. The size is so small it makes it easy to be portable. BUT this is the drawback: it's very delicate when there's a drive mounted on it - make sure it's in a place where no one will knock into it. But for the price, this is easily the best solution to get SAT drives mounted via FW800. I uploaded a video so you can see my ghetto mod.

enjoy.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TON of extras!, December 26, 2010

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L. Leong (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk Desktop Adapter - Firewire 800/USB 2.0 STAE105 (Personal Computers)

I was expecting just the GoFlex adapter in the box but when I picked this up at Best Buy, the box was quite heavy. The reason for that is the sheer amount of accessories that it comes with. The package includes the GoFlex adapter, a FireWire 800 cable (9 pin to 9 pin), a Mini USB cable, power adapter and interchangeable tips for every region of the world. for $19.99, this is really a steal!

The USB 3.0 adapter was freezing up Finder on my Mac but this adapter seems to have solved it. I have to give it a few days to confirm it but it seems a lot more stable already. I have no idea why the USB 3.0 adapter did that to Finder.

Another pleasant surprise was that there are 2 FireWire 800 ports on the drive so you can daisy-chain a bunch of FireWire drives together. It also has a USB 2.0 port (mini USB) if you want to use that instead. Highly recommended!