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Nismo

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I am looking for an eSATA Hard Drive dock with built-in memory card reader and usb hub. Can anyone recommend a good one they have seen/used? Having trouble finding the ones with built in readers for some reason.

I found these 2:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t..._shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=A1CUXCEWGAZ8O2&v=glance
(says 1.5gbps, but if it's eSATA, then it must be capable of 3gbps, right?)

and

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146240&CatId=2785

Any others I might be missing out on?
 
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Picked up one. Do you have to use the power switch on the back of the dock? Or can you just sit a HD in it and pull it out with the power on? SATA should be hot swappable, right?
 
Whether or not the SATA HDDs used in the HDD dock are hot swappable depends on the dock itself. Read the instruction/user manual that the dock comes with -- it should be able to answer both of your questions.
 
Just testing it out tonight, making a backup. Does anyone have problems with their drives getting really hot in these docks? It's an SATA 1 Seagate 400GB plugged into a eSATA dock. The drive is really hot to the touch.
 
The drive didn't run this hot while inside the case, plus I do not have direct HD cooling in the case either.
 
I think right now mwave.com and Zipzoomfly.com has some docks that are cheap AR. ZZF is a really nice alternative to Newegg.
 
"ZZF is a really nice alternative to Newegg. "

I stopped buying from ZZF over a year ago. I buy several thousand dollars worth of stuff per year for builds and they are the worst e-tailer I have ever dealt with. They use to be awesome but no more. Stay far away from them.
 
GreenGoose said:
I stopped buying from ZZF over a year ago. I buy several thousand dollars worth of stuff per year for builds and they are the worst e-tailer I have ever dealt with. They use to be awesome but no more. Stay far away from them.
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If you don't mind me asking... What happened that made you change your opinion on ZZF?

I shop from them sometimes and I don't want to end up with any issues. :(
 
Nismo said:
Just testing it out tonight, making a backup. Does anyone have problems with their drives getting really hot in these docks? It's an SATA 1 Seagate 400GB plugged into a eSATA dock. The drive is really hot to the touch.
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Yep! With the drive being exposed to ambient temps, you'd think they wouldn't get very hot.

I left a drive running overnight in a dock and the paint got tacky.

If I'm going to be using an external drive for an extended period of time, I put it in an actively cooled enclosure.
 
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