💨 High Performance 7200 RPM Metal Alloy Case with Esata, USB2.0, and Firewire for Improved Dissipation Review

After 3 years it started to stall, barely touching the cable and although it initially turned on immediately, you now have to occasionally plug and unplug the cable and/or unplug the high speed cable to get it to start, esp. after it mysteriously detached from my MacBook Retina (2012).

after 3 years problems started barely touching the cable and although it started right away at first now sometimes you have to plug and unplug the cable and/or disconnect the high speed cable to start esp. after it mysteriously detached from my MacBook Retina (2012).

after 3 years problems started barely touching the cable and although it started right away at first now sometimes you have to plug and unplug the cable and/or disconnect the high speed cable to start esp. after it mysteriously detached from my MacBook Retina (2012).

Price was good for 2TB of storage but you get what you pay for, funny how it works. I bought it because I plan to only use the eSATA interface, not USB (since it's only 2.0). This device requires a power switch. When the computer is off, this externally powered drive keeps working, eventually whining and vibrating if left on for an extended period of time, so I now unplug the power cord when I turn off the computer. Also, the disk does not like to be moved during operation, it is rather…

Hook this up to a DirecTV receiver as my hard drive has failed. Works as it should, no complaints so far (used for about a month). The only issue I would mention is that it's a little louder than the last hard drive I used. Noise is not a problem for me, so I give it 5 stars.