Since the hard disk drive is exposed this device doesn’t need a cooling system for the hard drive. BlacX only accepts SATA hard disk drives.įigure 2: The connectors inside the slots.įigure 3: BlacX Duet with two hard disk drives installed. The available slots allow both 3.5” and 2.5” devices (we are saying “hard disk drives” all the time, but you can also use SSDs, of course), as it has retractable frames to make 2.5” drives to fit the slots.
#Thermaltake blacx not working install#
The new USB 3.0 with its 5 Gbps (500 MB/s) should solve this issue, but we will need to wait until motherboards and hard drive enclosures based on this new standard become more popular.Īs you can see in Figure 1, contrary to other HDD enclosures around, BlacX is opened, so you install your hard drives by just inserting them on one of the available slots – imagine installing a cartridge on an old video game console, it is the same thing. As you may know, USB 2.0 limits the maximum transfer rate from the hard disk drive (and on this review we will show you by how much).
#Thermaltake blacx not working full#
What is new on BlacX Duet is the presence of two bays instead of only one and also an eSATA-300 port, which allows you to access you hard disk drive at its full speed, just like if it were installed inside your computer. We have already reviewed the previous incarnation of BlacX. In fact hard disk drive installation with this unit remembers the installation of cartridges in older video game consoles. You probably have seen hundreds of devices like this before, but what makes this Thermaltake product really unique is the fact that it is a docking station, allowing you to install and remove hard drives with the computer turned on and without needing to open the device to install your hard drive – just insert your hard drive on the available slot on the docking station. BlacX Duet is a hard disk drive enclosure for you to install up to two hard disk drives outside your computer.
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