Title: Awesome case, aweful chipset
Product review: This particular enclosure is amazingly small compared it it's competition. Smallest I have seen ever, plus it doesn't use a giant power supply as is typical of most external drives. Just a little itty bitty cord.HOWEVERThe chipset it uses, Prolific PL3507 is easily the worst chipset ever. Do not buy this enclosure simply because it has this poor chipset. It will corrupt your drive as well as give you endless error messages. Don't believe me? Search for Prolific PL3507 on the web and you will see it is a problematic chipset for everyone who tries to use this drive via firewire.If you will only use USB2.0 then go for it. USB is much more reliable (most of the time) althought it will invariably be slower. DO NOT AND I REPEAT DO NOT USE THIS ENCLOSURE OR ANY PROLIFIC CHIPSET IF YOU INTEND TO CONNECT THE DRIVE VIA FIREWIRE. IT WON'T WORK AND WILL CORRUPT ALL YOUR DATA (has been proven many times).
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