USB 2.0 as a Multi-Purpose Solution: The External ATA Drive Case from ADS Technologies

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Test System
Processor Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz256 kB L2-Cache (Willamette)
Motherboard Intel 845EBT, 845E Chipset
RAM 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2Micron/Crucial
Controller i845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)On-Board USB 2.0On-Board FireWire
Graphics Card ATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
OS Windows XP Pro 5.10.2600
Hard Disk Western Digital WD1200BB, 120 GBIBM DeskStar 180GXP, 180 GB
CD Driver Samsung SW-240 CD-Recorder
Benchmarks and Measurements
Office Applications ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk Winmark 1.2
High-End Applications ZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 1.2
Performance Measurements ZD WinBench 99 - Disc Inspection TestHD Tach 2.61
Drivers and Settings
Graphics Driver 5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
IDE Driver Intel Application Accelerator 2.3
DirectX Version 8.1
Display Resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz Refresh
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.