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"SamSez" <samtheman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <beakor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I was thinking about purchasing a lacie firewire drive so I can transfer
>> dv
>> directly to drive. I will be using the windows xp os. I liked the idea
>> of
>> being able to take the drive to any workstation in different locations.
>> Any
>> bad things to look for with this drive?
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> I bought a lacie 160gb usb2 drive, and I'm quite sorry I did. I can copy
> to it
> for about a half hour, during which time, it gets so hot I can barely
> touch it.
> After that half hour or so, the writes start failing. If I power it down
> and
> let it cool, it's OK again [or seems to be anyway], though even when not
> writing
> to it, it gets hotter than I feel good about if left powered. I have
> never had
> this much of a heat-up problem with maxtor external drives nor even with
> brand-x
> enclosures that I have filled with raw maxtor drives. Bottom line, while
> it is
> a nice 'looking' design, I sure don't see any accommodation for thermal
> dissipation -- nor is there any apparent accommodation for positioning it
> 'vertically' [there are no feet or ridges except on the bottom -- again,
> unlike
> most other external drives].
Sam,
You didn't say if you bought a d2-model drive or not. I have two of them
(both Firewire) and I don't have the same heat problems that you had. Also,
there IS a provision for vertical mounting with the d2's as they have a
heavy metal "foot" that slides into the slot on the side of the drive
thereby allowing you to stand it on its end. I have my DVD burner and a 160
gig d2 mounted in an equipment rack using Lacie's rackmounting kit. I'm
planning to buy more of them, btw.
dave
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