Samsung SH-S203B in external enclosure

Is there an external enclosure that can handle the Samsung SH-S203B?

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Last edited by mciahel; 23-08-2007 at 19:42. Reason: Title adjusted after splitting from scans and discussions thread

Hi,Since this is a SATA drive, the best option is to get an eSATA enclosure and an adapter that allows to bring one of your internal SATA connectors to the outside of your case.
In any other case, get the IDE version SH-S202 and an enclosure with NEC chipset or, wait until an external version of that drive is released by Samsung.

Michael

Split thread from "Scans & Discsussions"

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Last edited by mciahel; 23-08-2007 at 19:43. Reason: Title adjusted after splitting from scans and discussions thread

Thanks for the reply Michael,

I'll either wait for an 5.25" enclosure that supports eSata or hope that Samsung releases an external version of the SH-S203B.

This is the only 5.25" enclosure I could find that supports eSata:

http://www.galaxymetalgear.com/Products/5202.html

Wouldn't putting a 20X drive in a USB or even FireWire enclosure kind of defeat the purpose? I have an 18X Samsung in an I/O Magic case and have a top speed of 12 to 14X...

Hi,That depends on the chipsets that are involved. Also, 20x writing speed is only reached with certain media, I think that most people will stick with lower speeds (12x or 16x) in most cases.Wrong chipset. Samsung's retail external drive (SE-S184M) is using a NEC chipset and works at full speed (unless there is a crappy USB controller in your computer).

Michael

My understanding is that with a sata to esata enclosure you would be able to achieve 20x burning and high data burst rates. The galaxy enclosure suppports sata input to esata output.

Lucky... i bought a usb enclosure, and the burst is 11mbps... so i had to put the dvd-rom on the enclosure... (asus 16x = 10x max...)
http://www.akasa.co.uk/akasa_english...ak_en_03sl.htm

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Last edited by rakter; 28-08-2007 at 16:33.

Hi,Indeed, such an enclosure is the only acceptable type for SATA drives. Anything else is eeeeh.. uhmmm.... (censored)

Put together the Samsung SHS203B May 2007 MII flashed with SB01 in said above enclosure with an Sata II laptop add-on card using eSata connection and I am getting burst speeds of 59mbs. I've only had it for one day, but I have gotten both high quality 12X burns with TYG02 and 48x TY CD-R burns. Once I figure out how to use MCSE to change write strategy I will try 16x & 18x DVD-R burns with TYG02. The drive seems to burn slightly better with Img burn vs. Nero.

Hi, Very nice! eSATA seems to be the way to go. What about connecting/removing the drive (Hot Plugging) while the operating system is running?

Yes it's hot swappable supported on add-on card and enclosure.