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[Request] External HD Case

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  • #32
    RicardoSmith
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    Umm this is a photo of mine. I've two of these. Sorry the picture is so bad. Photo

    I've two different drives in mine. Once gets warm the other a little bit warmer again. The unit has a little 40mm fan on the back. If I wasn't planning on having the drive turned on for a more than an hour or so I guess I'd be happy without a fan. But generally I leave mine running for hours. So I'd need a fan in that case.


  • #33
    qBot
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    not too shabby..

    mine has been running for hours now and it only gets a bit warm. I couldn't take having a fan in it.. My computer has three fans and it runs like an extractor fan.


  • #34
    RicardoSmith
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    Mines pretty quit as its a laptop. The external drives aren't very noisey either.


  • #35
    qBot
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    A bit off point but do u just turn the drive off when u don't want to use it or do u use the safe removal tool in the system tray. I read when right clicking on "usb 2.0 mass storage volume" in device manager that u don't have to use this when set to the right option... which i have. Has anyone got any views on this.


  • #36
    RicardoSmith
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    Originally posted by qBot
    A bit off point but do u just turn the drive off when u don't want to use it or do u use the safe removal tool in the system tray. I read when right clicking on "usb 2.0 mass storage volume" in device manager that u don't have to use this when set to the right option... which i have. Has anyone got any views on this.

    I have an icon (green arrow) in the system tray from which I select the device I want to turn off. If I don't do this I can have problems with the USB device reconnection. This happens withall my USB devices I have aswell. If I'm leaving it connected I just turn it off after the machine powers down and before it powers up. Sometimes I forgot or don't both and I might have to turn the drive on/off once or twice before XP picks it up again.


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  • #37
    CyberGhost
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  • #38
    dazberry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭dazberry


    Originally posted by RicardoSmith
    Umm this is a photo of mine. I've two of these. Sorry the picture is so bad. Photo

    Yeah, I've one of those, its an "i-buddie" (Elite Group?). Not the best, but was cheap at the time - and does the job, but I don't use mine much.

    D.


  • #39
    qBot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 820 ✭✭✭qBot


    Originally posted by RicardoSmith
    I have an icon (green arrow) in the system tray from which I select the device I want to turn off. If I don't do this I can have problems with the USB device reconnection. This happens withall my USB devices I have aswell. If I'm leaving it connected I just turn it off after the machine powers down and before it powers up. Sometimes I forgot or don't both and I might have to turn the drive on/off once or twice before XP picks it up again.


    ya... that's what i'm on about.. but there is an option and it's on by default to not have to bother with it. u can supposedly just turn off or plug out the drive without touching the arrow.. i just wondered did anyone do this or do the always disable the drive from the green arrrow first.


  • #40
    qBot
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    Actually I found the answer here


  • #41
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Originally posted by qBot
    Actually I found the answer here

    Useful to know. Thanks for the link.


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