(ASMedia ASM1053E SATA III to USB Chipset, UASP and 6TB+ Drive Support) Bay Converter
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(ASMedia ASM1053E SATA III to USB Chipset, UASP and 6TB+ Drive Support) Bay Converter
Plugable USB 3.0 SuperSpeed SATA III Lay-Flat Hard Drive Docking Station (ASMedia ASM1053E SATA III to USB Chipset, UASP and 6TB+ Drive Support)
After fighting (eventually successfully) this
summer to find a firmware-driver combination that would allow a 4-bay
USB 3.0 enclosure using a JMicron 539 chipset to work reliably in USB
3.0 mode with my Dell Windows 7 (now Windows 8) machine, and recently
fighting and failing to get two other docking stations to work reliably
in USB 3.0 mode (with either my Mac mini (Late 2012) or the
aforementioned Dell), I was relieved to find that this Plugable dock
works reliably with both machines out of the box. (I now have two
completely, 100% reliable SATA-to-USB 3.0 devices that work on multiple
machines without issue, both based on ASMedia chipsets, this one the
ASM1053 and the other the ASM1051.)
Physical notes: I like the flat configuration given my two-tiered computer desk. I can use vertical docks, but it requires a bit of angling to insert drives vertically with the dock between the tiers. The flat dock eliminates that problem and also reduces or eliminates any movement of the drive if the desk is moved or bumped. The vertical docks tend to allow a little more side-to-side movement than I like. Another minor plus: drives sit in the dock label side up, and in the typical configuration, with the dock cables away from me, most drives labels will be in the correct orientation to read the drive description. It's esthetically pleasing. My drive came with a seemingly well-constructed/shielded 3' black USB 3.0 cable. For better or worse, the power brick sits at the end of the power cord with the plug integrated. The dock will not function without external power. There is a recessed physical on-off switch on the top of the dock in the back left corner. It is nicely impossible to turn on or off accidentally.
Physical notes: I like the flat configuration given my two-tiered computer desk. I can use vertical docks, but it requires a bit of angling to insert drives vertically with the dock between the tiers. The flat dock eliminates that problem and also reduces or eliminates any movement of the drive if the desk is moved or bumped. The vertical docks tend to allow a little more side-to-side movement than I like. Another minor plus: drives sit in the dock label side up, and in the typical configuration, with the dock cables away from me, most drives labels will be in the correct orientation to read the drive description. It's esthetically pleasing. My drive came with a seemingly well-constructed/shielded 3' black USB 3.0 cable. For better or worse, the power brick sits at the end of the power cord with the plug integrated. The dock will not function without external power. There is a recessed physical on-off switch on the top of the dock in the back left corner. It is nicely impossible to turn on or off accidentally.
(ASMedia ASM1053E SATA III to USB Chipset, UASP and 6TB+ Drive Support) Bay Converter
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