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Electronics : Iomega MiniMax Hard Drive, FireWire 400/USB 2.0, 500GB - 33746 |
- Reliable so far; not that noisyI have this attached to my Mac mini, where is serves as the backup drive for 3 computers over the network.
It has been working well so far (4 months) of 24/7 backups, and the assortment of ports is a nice complement to those of the mini.
It can make some fan noise when it is heavily used, but it doesn't bother me at all even when I am watching TV (it is located under the TV).
I wouldn't put it in my bedroom though (some noise, plus that bright blue LED!).
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- MiniMax 500 GB Ext. Hard Drive -Good BuyI read the reviews prior to purchasing this hard drive, which is my first one. Jaguar immediately opened a prompt to format the MiniMax 500 GB ext. drive. I clicked okay. The formating took place immediately and my files are working perfectly. I was concerned about the review that stated that the drive was noisy. I heard a humming sound the first few days that it was running. But the humming was not constant. After a few days the drive is totally quiet. I mean quiet. The humming sound is no more. The only time I hear it is when Jaguar performs a back-up onto the drive. I am very happy with the performance of this drive.
The reason why I did not give it 5 stars is because the three 2.0 ports do not function properly. If I plug in a printer or a jump drive, the port does not operate it. Perhaps it was not designed to do so. To be honest I really did not investigate this but usually Jaguar does pic up the signal when an external device is available for use. I have a four socketed 2.0 external port that is plugged into the back of my Imac, but it does not have enough power to operate my printer, scanner or even my Ipod, thus I have to plug these devices as needed. I was hoping that the three ports in back of the Iomega would remedy this problem for me.
Over all I am not disappointed with its performance, but I will be contacting Iomega concerning the usefulness of the three ports on the back of the hard drive.
Bobbi
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- Don't place under an Extreme Base Station!I bought this drive to place under my base station, but it interferes with the wireless signal and causes the connection to be lost. I thought it could be used this way (as advertised here) but was wrong. In the literature that comes with the product it never states that it can be used with an Extreme Base station. While it would've been nice to be able to stack it under the base station on my desk, I now have to find a new location for it far away, defeating the space-saving purpose I had in mind to begin with. I also thought I could plug it into my base station and use it as a USB hub for connecting additional devices to my wireless network (as advertised here). That won't be happening now either. So, the extra money I spent for these nifty features has gone to waste. My own fault for not calling Iomega and asking them directly. Would've been better off buying just a regular external hard drive that stores vertically. I gave it 4 stars because otherwise Iomega makes a good product and I am also happy with the Retrospect software that came with it. And, I'm not sure if they are responsible for the product description given here or Amazon.
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- Died after three months!After three months of weekly use, the drive suddenly would not spin up. Since I had clients' files on the drive that must not leave my office, I could not send it back to Iomega. I opened the enclosure (voided the warranty BTW) and found out the Seagate drive was still good, only the Iomega enclosure was not working. I put the drive into another enclosure so it was not a total lost.
I had another 160GB Iomega drive before, and got even less use out of it. Should have learned my lesson then.
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- NoisyThe fan is so noisy that I returned it. In comparison, I have an almost identical Mac Mini-sized drive from Acomdata that is completely silent. Get it instead!
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