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Title: Sturdy outside, crappy inside (or maybe just a crappy power supply)
Review: I bought a USB Firewire combo Metal Gear Box: Substance 2 loaded with a Seagate 320. It lasted one month before slowly dying. First symptoms were flaky behavior, crashes, drive not recognized. Then the blue LED light started dying. Now the drive isn't recognized. After searching the web for advice I discovered several user reviews at various sites. The main complaint focusses on the power supply, which in one user's case caught fire while plugged in but not in use. I suspect my problem is also the power supply. Another "consumer treat" made in China. I'm going to try to salvage the hard drive. If it works in another unit I'll know for sure what the problem is. It was a new drive. Hopefully it'll work and if so I'll investigate to see if a better power supply will work with this unit.It's a good sturdy case. Too bad the guts seem to be substandard.I'd steer clear of this unit and other products by this company.
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