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Thanks Howell. I just need to find a better way to power off the enclosure then. Very helpful, great info! BTW how does the caddy work when it is directly inside the computer? The user needs a reboot to change the drive?

I have a drive enclosure with an Oxford chipset (0x609E). I put in a caddy to hold my hard disk. The caddy can be pulled out by turning a key, which powers off the drive inside. My problem is: once I turn the key, the system cannot access the disk again. I have to power off the drive enclosure...

Why? At least it doesn't look like a PC 8)

Operator error. The wiring went loose inside the enclosure. It is working now!

Do I need to set the drive as Slave? Or something else? It is a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB.

I swapped my external DVD burner with a 2.5" hard drive using the same FireWire enclosure, Oxford 911 chipset. My Mac doesn't boot from it. I can't even see the disk in the Open Firmware boot disk chooser screen. I can boot from the same drive fine when it is inside the computer, and I can...

I think here, "not used" isn't the negation of "used". What the seller says is that he didn't use it [inside a computer]. Of course it is not considered new, because an individual [the seller] purchased it from a shop long ago. If the warranty is 3 years then he purchased it in April, 2003. What...

The warranty will run off in April, 2006 :-? So I have 5 months left to find whether it is reliable enough. I would be surprised if Maxtor test their drives for 6.5 days before shipping. I guess the previous owner or the shop could have tested it though.

funny Lunar he he I see you people have some humor. I thought about testing, the Maxline line is supposed to be enterprise-grade but 156h seemed excessive. Is it not much in your opinion? The electronics look fine, I didnt notice any physical defect either.

Hello I bought a Maxtor MaXline II 250gb from eBay. The seller advertised it as "never used". But the SMART status shows 156h 12min. Did he cheat me? Will the life expectancy be reduced? Finally, I chose this drive to put in a fanless system (assumed 5400rpm produces less heat than 7200rpm). Is...