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ICY DOCK MB559US-1S External 3.5" eSATA/USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure

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Host : Plug & Play USB 2.0 + eSATA combo
Pearl White - 5.25" SATA I/II Aluminum External Mobile Rack - Simple, elegantly designed external st
Drive Fit : Hot Swappable 1 x 3.5" SATA I or II
Multi-drive exchangeability & maintenance capabilities with simple removal of drive tray
Fan-less operation with aluminum body cooling & protection plus fine mirror finish exterior

ICY DOCK MB559US-1S External 3.5" eSATA/USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure

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Pearl White - 5.25" SATA I/II Aluminum External Mobile Rack -

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Product Dimensions

7.6 x 5.6 x 1.7 inches

Item Weight

1.1 pounds

Shipping Weight

2.5 pounds

ASIN

B000KMD1JA

Item model number

MB559US-1S

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13 customer reviews

3.3 out of 5 stars

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#4,906 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > External Hard Drives

Date first available at Amazon.com

July 7, 2004

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USB Works eSATA Hangs OS

ByEinnob L.on December 9, 2010

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Purchased MB559US-1S External for working w/ external SATA drives. It's a decent enclosure, however it does have some issues -- particularly with the eSATA.

My system:
ICY DOCK w/ WD 2TB drive > Syba II eSATA Expresscard > Toshiba P200 laptop w/ Vista Ultimate 32-bit OS

Issues:
-- eSATA hangs the OS --
Attempting to use eSATA caused the OS to become unresponsive -- or if lucky very marginally responsive. Most cases required turning off or physically unplugging the eSATA connection to the enclosure before I could reboot the system. USB on the other hand seems to work fine. Unfortunately part of the reason that this enclosure was chosen was for the eSATA so this is disappointing. The expresscard is not the issue as the same setup connects to a Wiebetech Ultradock via eSATA without problems.

To be fair, I have an inquiry w/ Icy Dock to determine if there are possible workarounds for the eSATA issue.

-- Power Connection Not Solid --
There are times when powering up the enclosure it appears that the connector is either not solidly connected (wiggling powers on/off) or there is another issue with the backplane. The light does not always come on in this case as you might expect it to. I'm not moving the drive around a lot so this isn't quite as much of an issue for me as it would be for someone who does.

-- eSATA Does Not "Safely Remove" --
When used with an HP desktop the enclosure cannot be 'safely removed' and the system must be powered down before turning the enclosure off.

Somewhere I had read that the eSATA issues may be the result of the backplane being 'SATA' versus true 'eSATA' however I am not sure if this is the case.

Even so, it still is a decent enclosure however as noted it has definite issues for the 2 purchased.

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NOT compatible with OS X (higher than 10.5)

ByR. J. Scotton July 7, 2009

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5 stars for build and looks. 5 stars for performance on a non-Mac system.

Unfortunately this enclosure is most definitely not compatible with OS X versions higher than 10.5. From what I've been able to determine during the course of my research is that Mac OS X versions higher than 10.5 will not 'allow' the use of a dual eSATA/USB enclosure for reasons unknown to me. Attaching the enclosure to my MacBook Pro produced an immediate kernel panic, whether via eSATA or USB. Apparently 10.5 has the same issue but is 'more forgiving' and will usually not kernel panic with the use of a dual eSATA/USB enclosure but I can't confirm this from personal experience.

I tried pretty much every recommendation that I found in regards to removing and installing the Silicon Image drivers. I did all of the usual checks to make sure the problem wasn't caused by something else; hard disk check, tried another enclosure, tried another computer. The hard disk worked fine in this enclosure and in another eSATA/USB enclosure on a non-OS X system (Windows XP with MacDrive).

I have been unable to find a suitable solution anywhere online. There are discussions about this problem on the Apple web site dating way back to 2007 but so far no solution.

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Simple to set up and use

ByWelleson November 29, 2007

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I purchased this item to use with a Mac Pro after adding the Newer eSATA extender cable which gave me two SATA ports out the back. As a result I have my fastest backup capacity ever...faster than FireWire 800. The ICY DOCK was simple to install, just 6 screws on the tray and slip tie drive in place. A restart is required for the eSATA connector to mount the drive and it operates exactly as an internal drive. On the Mac if you wanted to turn the drive off without shutting down the computer I just use the Disk Utility.app to unmount the drive and turn it off. The USB is hot swappable plug and play. There were no problems or issues encountered in using this drive enclosure. A handy strategy would be to purchase extra drive trays (sleds) and be able to mount different drives. I'd say this is a very good product, cleverly designed and reasonably priced.

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Beautifully engineered product

ByFailure Not an Optionon September 4, 2010

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I bought two of these to mount hard drives from a desktop which I trashed (too noisy -- 8 fans). Installation is trivial, just one lever to open the case, slide in the drive, lever closes the case. The unit is very quiet (only sound is the disk spinning) and runs very cool. The soft feet which can be sprung from the chassis for vertical use are a nice touch. The product feels solidly engineered. I initially used USB between my Dell Vostro 1700 (laptop used as a desktop) and the icy docks but found speed too slow so acquired a "Syba SD-PCBX-ESA2 ExpressCard SIL3132 Chipset 2x e-SATA II (SATA2) Ports, 54mm, Up to 3.0Gb/s". I use these on a daily basis and (unlike one other reviewer) have had no problems with this ExpressCard plus icy dock combination.

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works great

ByDiancatzdogzon August 27, 2008

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This hard drive enclosure works great and was so surprizingly easy to install the hard drive, I couldn't believe how easy it was and I don't do installs of hardware on my PC so I don't know much about installing this kind of thing. I also purchased the Western Digital WD3200KSRTL Caviar 320 GB SATA 3.5-Inch Hard Drive to go along with this and they work wonderfully together. Also the usb connection is automatically detected by winXP.

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Awesome HDD Enclosure!

BydaringlyFreshon May 17, 2007

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I bought this to put my 500gb sata2 seagate 7200rpm hard drive and it rocks. Assembly was a nobrainer without even needing the instructions! Testing the heat i left it on for like 2 days straight and all and the enclosure was barely warm. This is a passive enclosure, no fans and the white light is neat. You can buy replacement cartridges as the enclosure is hotswappable via usb, esata or firewire.

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Excellent engineering

ByW. Dormannon January 11, 2008

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This is an excellent item. Very sleek, slim, precision engineered, and it comes with absolutely everything you need. Definitely worth the extra money.