Anyone Using 5.25" SATA Enclosures Yet?

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External Enclosures Discuss, Anyone Using 5.25" SATA Enclosures Yet? at CD and DVD Writers forum; I know that 99.9% of the people who have SATA burners have them installed internally, but I'm wondering if anyone has done any experimenting with using say a Samsung SH-S203B in a SATAtoUSB2 enclosure such as the Welland ME-340Q:

negritude (MyCE Resident): Posts: 3,837; Posted: 06-11-2008

I know that 99.9% of the people who have SATA burners have them installed internally, but I'm wondering if anyone has done any experimenting with using say a Samsung SH-S203B in a SATAtoUSB2 enclosure such as the Welland ME-340Q:

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negritude (MyCE Resident): Posts: 3,837; Posted: 06-11-2008

Found this thread:

SATA Enclosure for Blu-ray and HD-DVD drives
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f142/sata-e...drives-233395/

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jamescooley1 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 5,288; Posted: 06-11-2008

I have 4 Galaxy METAL GEAR 205202AUAS. I am using a sammy 203b and optiarc 7200s(I think a tried a Pio 215d also) they work fine for me. No problems burning, reading/ripping or flashing and no problems reaching 20x burn speeds. I am using a PCI card ESata 4 port Sil 3114 SoftRaid 5 controller. I have been using the enclosures for more than 6 months. USB is only good for burning @12x or less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...EAR%205202AUAS

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Bob (I donated to the Tsunami fund and all I got was this lousy title): Posts: 17,524; Posted: 06-11-2008

I have one similar to Jim's but i use the eSATA on it through my mobo or my PCMCIA card on my lappy with a 203B in it. 20x burns no problems even on the lappy. I've never used the USB. Had it a year or so now.

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TM (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 582; Posted: 06-11-2008

I have two USB/Firwire/eSATA Combo enclosures. They are both selfmade

The enclosures were Mapower/Fantec H51 USB/Firewire or Firewire enclosures for IDE devices. The good point on this H51 enclosures are the "SCSI holes" on the back. There are bridgeboards available fitting perfectly into this SCSI holes.

My two enclosures are "filled" with a Pioneer DVR-215 and a Samsung SH-S203N. Both working as expected

Attached a few images of my Pio...

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TEAC DV-W24ES build in Samsung P35 XVM1800 Notebook
TSST TS-L633L (SATA) build in Samsung Q210 Aura - P8400 Notebook

Currently in use, external housing

(All enclosures are Mapower/Fantec H51)
Panasonic SW-9574-C and Panasonic SW-9576-C (USB/FW)
Pioneer DVR-115L V1.18 (crossflashed DVR-115D) (USB)
Samsung SH-S202N SB01 (USB/FW)
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Plextor Premium V1.07 (USB/FW)
Plextor Premium II V1.03 (USB/FW)
Yamaha CRW-F1 V1.0g (USB)

Still sometimes in use

Panasonic UJ-835 (Slimline)(Mapower KC51S USB/FW)
Plextor PX-40TS V1.14 and PX-W1210TSi V1.06 in one SCSI case

Currently only in "stock" (and not for sale!)

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6x Plextor PX-760SA (new in the box), one is for my upcoming Shuttle SP35P2 Pro Barebone
4x Plextor PX-760A (new in the box)
2x Plextor PX-716A (new in the box)
2x Plextor Premium II (new in the box)
1x Plextor Premium (new in the box)
1x Plextor PX-W2410TA V1.04 (My only IDE drive "Made in Japan", since it works perfect I will not throw it away

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negritude (MyCE Resident): Posts: 3,837; Posted: 06-11-2008

Wow, TM, you should open a business and start selling those ready-made.

A triple-interface 5.25" enclosure is just what I would want.

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Vasy (MyCE Member): Posts: 223; Posted: 28-12-2008

Hello.
I have my Samsung SH-S203B in one external case from Vantec.
Vantec NST-530S2 (http://www.vantecusa.com/front/product/view_detail/293).
This case offer 5V @ 1.5A and 12V @1.8A and SunplusIt chipset (SPIF225A) (http://www.sunplusit.com/english/pro.../SPIF225A.aspx), and only USB 2.0 output connection.

My only Samsung drive is doing fine in this case

. I'll attach some pictures.

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Metaluna (CD Freaks Junior Member): Posts: 62; Posted: 05-01-2009

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Originally Posted by TM

I have two USB/Firwire/eSATA Combo enclosures. They are both selfmade

Attached a few images of my Pio...

Those Mapower enclosures are really nice. They're hard to find in the USA though...I have one that I bought several years ago but lately they seem to have disappeared from US vendors. I like how the fan is set up to pull air through the power supply. The intake holes around the power button could be drilled out a bit for better airflow, though I doubt the PSU is going to get terribly hot powering just an optical drive.

Mine originally came with a USB/PATA bridgeboard, but I'm in the process of modding it for eSATA, including overhauling the power supply with better quality capacitors. I haven't found a good USB/eSATA bridgeboard like yours, so I'm just settling for a passive eSATA connector attached to a SCSI backplate that I found online. I found another place selling DIY SATA power connectors so I'll probably cut off the original Molex connector coming out of the PSU and substitute SATA, just to avoid using an adapter.

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TM (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 582; Posted: 06-01-2009

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Originally Posted by Metaluna

Those Mapower enclosures are really nice. They're hard to find in the USA though...

Mapower Germany told me the H51 is no longer in production. I got a larger number of H51 enclosures a few month ago. It was a remaining stock at one of the distributors....

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Originally Posted by Metaluna

Mine originally came with a USB/PATA bridgeboard, but I'm in the process of modding it for eSATA, including overhauling the power supply with better quality capacitors. I haven't found a good USB/eSATA bridgeboard like yours, so I'm just settling for a passive eSATA connector attached to a SCSI backplate that I found online. I found another place selling DIY SATA power connectors so I'll probably cut off the original Molex connector coming out of the PSU and substitute SATA, just to avoid using an adapter.

My bridgeboard is a IOI bridgeboard. (http://www.ioi.com.tw/)

You can find almost every type of bridgeboard there:
http://www.ioi.com.tw/products/prodcat.aspx?CatID=101

The board I'm using is the UF2DSATA01 in combination of the ESATA-ECS-1R cable.

I'm sure you'll find a distrubutor in the US. I found a few shops in germany selling the IOI stuff.

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Plextor PX-40TS V1.14 and PX-W1210TSi V1.06 in one SCSI case

Currently only in "stock" (and not for sale!)

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Mr_Furious (CD Freaks Rookie): Posts: 35; Posted: 10-01-2009

I have an old Plextor external CD-R [scsi] that would make a perfect base for a DIY conversion. Took a look at the IOI website and they have exactly the board I need... but... looks like they only have one distributor listed, Tragant in Germany. Will try an email to their sales dept. in taiwan and see if there are any US agents yet.

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mankmeister (CD Freaks Member): Posts: 103; Posted: 07-02-2009

In case anyone is interested in the Welland enclosure, I bought the ME-340J version a few weeks ago.

This has eSATA (as well as USB) but I've only used it via USB.

It looks like it has the same SunplusIt chipset as the Vantec case Vasy has.

Using an Optiarc 7200S, it has no problems reading and writing at 16x.

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