Just for people watching this video, ive been using this same enclosure with a hdd and playing steam games off it going on 3 years and it works perfectly.
I made several modifications to the Sabrent docking station to improve air flow. 1. I removed both the internal and external fan grills. 2. I replaced the external grill with a standard type 80mm fan grill, but I left off the internal one because it really isn't needed. 3. I replaced the low-profile rubber feet with 5/8" high ones. Overall, this has tripled the air flow through the case (best guess) and allows me to leave the plastic cover on. What follows are instructions on how to do this modification. 1. Remove the four rubber feet. They are glued in position but can be easily removed with a small flat blade screw driver. 2. Remove the four screws you find underneath the rubber feet with a small Phillips screw driver. 3. Remove the screws holding the fan and grill in place. 4. Carefully, pry off the bottom of the case with a jeweler's type flat blade screw driver (very small). 5. Once the base is off the case remove the fan and the internal grill. 6. Now, in reverse order, replace all the parts except for the internal grill. 7. Attach the new grill on the bottom. 8. Attach the new rubber feet with longer screws. You'll need longer screws due to the added height of the new rubber feet. Your modification is done. The rubber feet are available on eBay. I used 5/8" tall x 3/4" wide ones. However, in hindsight, I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better. I used the 5/8" ones because I had them laying around. The 80mm grills are available on eBay. They are the standard type looking grills that you see on computers.The longer screws you can find at Lowe's, Home Depot or any farm implement store.
@@michaeljillian3657 You're welcome. I just wanted to help others improve the design of the case. I'm surprised that Sabrent didn't design it this way in the first place. It would have only added a dollar or so to the cost. If you were to see my case, you would never know that's it's been modified. It looks factory correct.
Hey thanks for your tips, I want to do the same thing with mine, I cant seem to find any rubber feet for mine. You said "I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better". Where can I get them? can you send a keyword to search or a link. TIA
@rvalens2 Hey thanks for your tips, I want to do the same thing with mine, I cant seem to find any rubber feet for mine. You said "I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better". Where can I get them? can you send a keyword to search or a link? Thanks in Advance!
@@mikekollin4271 I couldn't find any 1/2" x 1/2" rubber feet, but I did find .47" (high) x 0.79" (width) ones on Amazon that should work well. The reason I like them is that they are tapered (like the ones I used) and have a metal insert to keep the screw from stripping through the feet. Here is the link on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1JGGWHQ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?pd_rd_i=B0B1JGGWHQ&pd_rd_w=mldS7&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=3NAW0YQSQ5CJEC29XS23&pd_rd_wg=lVOj4&pd_rd_r=14a2fcc4-e0f9-421b-9400-233c826dc468&s=kitchen&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMEc2SUNYQjE4OEk0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzYyMjMxMlVFUElZVEQwNUpEWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjA0NTMzM0dCVjRJUFk3S1hGSCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1 You should be able to use the screws that came with the Sabrent docking station to mount the rubber feet. However, one word of CAUTION: If you decide to use the larger screws that come with the rubber feet from Amazon, pretest them by carefully screwing one part way into the plastic stanchion on the docking station. If it feels like it's going to break or crack, then you need to use the smaller screws that came with the station or drill the holes out larger. If you do decide to drill them out be sure and use a drill bit that is only "slightly" larger than the current mounting hole - and do so slowly and carefully. If you crack or damage the stanchion, you won't be able to mount the rubber feet. However, if that happens contact me and I can tell you how to repair the plastic. I can be reached by using my online name of rvalens2 at gmail. By the way, If you would like to see pictures of what the conversion looks like (once completed) email me and I'll send you some photos.
Great video! This is a really dumb question, but seeing as I have never used one of these before (I'm only now needed one), once finished do you press the power button or do you eject as normal with any hard drive?
Not a dumb question. Eject safely as you would with any drive. Once the computer prompts thats it safe to remove you may press the button to shut it down. then you may remove the drive safely.
Thanks for the video!!! It's been almost 2 months since you uploaded the video, has a bad experience happened to you, what do you think after almost 2 months of use?
hey! thanks for asking, Ive been using this dock every once in a while and it still does a great job. I dont think I have had any bad experiences. I havent had to write too much data to an internal drive in the past 2 months, so I dont know how well it handles writing something like 3tb of data (which is something I used to do more often). but for the 100gb backups its been doing well. it gets warm but not hot and transfers at USB 3.0 speeds with SATA 6 - thats like 110Mb/s on a 3.5" drive.. I never use on 2.5 inch drives I just use the other easier powerless adapter I show in this video th-cam.com/video/P9CSOCVhHwo/w-d-xo.html
youre able to use this for PC? i wat pucharse to myself one more hard drive but i wanna know its that SABRINET ok to use for pc and can i install programs and things on the 2nd hard drive if i plug in with that SABRINET USB 3 SATA?
Yes you are able to use this on PC. It will act as an external drive. You won't be able to install programs onto it unless it is your main boot drive. You can use it to store data. Just like a flash drive.
I have and used it to read a hard drive from my WD Exteranl hard drive. The PC doesn't read it but on the the device manager it shows, Any way I can have ir read?
it may, not have a drive letter assigned to it, be not initialized yet, or offline. all of these problems can cause it not to show in the file system. but easily fixed in windows Disk management
@@michaeljillian3657 Macs can READ a Windows NTFS file system. It CANNOT write to it. You would have to wipe and reformat the disk to Apples file system (APFS) before you could read and write to a drive.
I have it. Won't show the HDD on my PC. The HDD shows up when I actually connect it to the PC directly. Besides that. When using the docking station and HDD together. It gives A "fatal error" indicator. I've looked everywhere for an answer.
@@michaeljillian3657 I installed Windows home on A USB flash card and kept the HDD inside the dock. It picks up on that operating system but, not on Windows 10 pro. I'm trying my best to find the solution myself. The device works, it's something going on inside the operating system that I cant seem to figure out as of now.
I just bought this product and the blue power light goes off when I insert the HD into the cradle. It's not detecting the hd on windows either. very frustrating. any clue why the power light goes off?
I bought one of these and my hdd got hot :-/ 52 c im going to try and raise it off the table as there is very little space for the fan to blow the air out. Have you had any problems? The heat happen after an hour or two of playing ps2 emulator
Your recommendation is wrong. The fan will much easily ramove the heat form the HHD when the case is close. It makes tunel where the hot is blown out much easer than from open space.
@@simpinainteasy680 I would say it sounds defective. It should be reading SATA devices. Maybe make sure you have a good working one by testing it on a different system. Such as inside your computer and see if it works there. If it doesn't work on the enclosure clearly something is wrong with the enclosure. Just make sure that everything is set up right. And the drives are slid all the way into the connectors. And that the power button is pushed on.
This is a TERRIBLE product, I formatted a hard drive, then when I plugged in another hard drive, even though I used the Windows drive ejection option, the name of the previous hard drive (the one I formatted) kept showing up all the time and somehow imaged another hard drive and gave it the same name. I lost valuable data. I threw the SABRENT in the trash. I also gave it a bad review on Amazon.
Just for people watching this video, ive been using this same enclosure with a hdd and playing steam games off it going on 3 years and it works perfectly.
lol @ gaming on a HDD. Its useful for movies and pictures storage as well as important data....in 2024 thats about it.
I made several modifications to the Sabrent docking station to improve air flow. 1. I removed both the internal and external fan grills. 2. I replaced the external grill with a standard type 80mm fan grill, but I left off the internal one because it really isn't needed. 3. I replaced the low-profile rubber feet with 5/8" high ones. Overall, this has tripled the air flow through the case (best guess) and allows me to leave the plastic cover on. What follows are instructions on how to do this modification.
1. Remove the four rubber feet. They are glued in position but can be easily removed with a small flat blade screw driver.
2. Remove the four screws you find underneath the rubber feet with a small Phillips screw driver.
3. Remove the screws holding the fan and grill in place.
4. Carefully, pry off the bottom of the case with a jeweler's type flat blade screw driver (very small).
5. Once the base is off the case remove the fan and the internal grill.
6. Now, in reverse order, replace all the parts except for the internal grill.
7. Attach the new grill on the bottom.
8. Attach the new rubber feet with longer screws. You'll need longer screws due to the added height of the new rubber feet. Your modification is done.
The rubber feet are available on eBay. I used 5/8" tall x 3/4" wide ones. However, in hindsight, I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better. I used the 5/8" ones because I had them laying around. The 80mm grills are available on eBay. They are the standard type looking grills that you see on computers.The longer screws you can find at Lowe's, Home Depot or any farm implement store.
Wow! thanks for the Tips!
@@michaeljillian3657 You're welcome. I just wanted to help others improve the design of the case. I'm surprised that Sabrent didn't design it this way in the first place. It would have only added a dollar or so to the cost. If you were to see my case, you would never know that's it's been modified. It looks factory correct.
Hey thanks for your tips, I want to do the same thing with mine, I cant seem to find any rubber feet for mine. You said "I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better". Where can I get them? can you send a keyword to search or a link. TIA
@rvalens2 Hey thanks for your tips, I want to do the same thing with mine, I cant seem to find any rubber feet for mine. You said "I think 1/2" x 1/2" ones would work better". Where can I get them? can you send a keyword to search or a link? Thanks in Advance!
@@mikekollin4271 I couldn't find any 1/2" x 1/2" rubber feet, but I did find .47" (high) x 0.79" (width) ones on Amazon that should work well. The reason I like them is that they are tapered (like the ones I used) and have a metal insert to keep the screw from stripping through the feet.
Here is the link on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1JGGWHQ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?pd_rd_i=B0B1JGGWHQ&pd_rd_w=mldS7&content-id=amzn1.sym.386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_p=386c274b-4bfe-4421-9052-a1a56db557ab&pf_rd_r=3NAW0YQSQ5CJEC29XS23&pd_rd_wg=lVOj4&pd_rd_r=14a2fcc4-e0f9-421b-9400-233c826dc468&s=kitchen&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMEc2SUNYQjE4OEk0JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMzYyMjMxMlVFUElZVEQwNUpEWSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjA0NTMzM0dCVjRJUFk3S1hGSCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2RldGFpbF90aGVtYXRpYyZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1
You should be able to use the screws that came with the Sabrent docking station to mount the rubber feet. However, one word of CAUTION: If you decide to use the larger screws that come with the rubber feet from Amazon, pretest them by carefully screwing one part way into the plastic stanchion on the docking station. If it feels like it's going to break or crack, then you need to use the smaller screws that came with the station or drill the holes out larger.
If you do decide to drill them out be sure and use a drill bit that is only "slightly" larger than the current mounting hole - and do so slowly and carefully. If you crack or damage the stanchion, you won't be able to mount the rubber feet. However, if that happens contact me and I can tell you how to repair the plastic. I can be reached by using my online name of rvalens2 at gmail. By the way, If you would like to see pictures of what the conversion looks like (once completed) email me and I'll send you some photos.
Great video!
This is a really dumb question, but seeing as I have never used one of these before (I'm only now needed one), once finished do you press the power button or do you eject as normal with any hard drive?
Not a dumb question. Eject safely as you would with any drive. Once the computer prompts thats it safe to remove you may press the button to shut it down. then you may remove the drive safely.
Thanks for the video!!!
It's been almost 2 months since you uploaded the video, has a bad experience happened to you, what do you think after almost 2 months of use?
hey! thanks for asking, Ive been using this dock every once in a while and it still does a great job. I dont think I have had any bad experiences. I havent had to write too much data to an internal drive in the past 2 months, so I dont know how well it handles writing something like 3tb of data (which is something I used to do more often). but for the 100gb backups its been doing well. it gets warm but not hot and transfers at USB 3.0 speeds with SATA 6 - thats like 110Mb/s on a 3.5" drive..
I never use on 2.5 inch drives I just use the other easier powerless adapter I show in this video th-cam.com/video/P9CSOCVhHwo/w-d-xo.html
thinking about buying this appreciate the video. So it just functions as if it were a pre-built external HDD through usb? ty
yup - Exactly - also a model without the fan ,, but I recommend the fan for HDD's. You can also s my other video where I Modded it.
Can you show temps with hw monitor? (idle : min/ load: max)
youre able to use this for PC? i wat pucharse to myself one more hard drive but i wanna know its that SABRINET ok to use for pc and can i install programs and things on the 2nd hard drive if i plug in with that SABRINET USB 3 SATA?
Yes you are able to use this on PC. It will act as an external drive. You won't be able to install programs onto it unless it is your main boot drive. You can use it to store data. Just like a flash drive.
tnx for info@@michaeljillian3657
fuq else would you use it for if not PC.
I have and used it to read a hard drive from my WD Exteranl hard drive. The PC doesn't read it but on the the device manager it shows,
Any way I can have ir read?
it may, not have a drive letter assigned to it, be not initialized yet, or offline. all of these problems can cause it not to show in the file system. but easily fixed in windows Disk management
How do I assign a letter drive??
@@michaeljillian3657
I see the drive in Disk Management but can see where I can assign it a drive.@@michaeljillian3657
Can you get this working with a mac at all? Says ths disk is unreable
hmm. Never tested on a MAC. Works with Linux and WIndows. Maybe try a Known good Drive and if that doesnt work I guess it may be defective!
@@michaeljillian3657 Macs can READ a Windows NTFS file system. It CANNOT write to it.
You would have to wipe and reformat the disk to Apples file system (APFS) before you could read and write to a drive.
@@Yandarval I have never tested on. Mac. I guess let us know here
5:50 .. and that docking station is a little one.
I have it. Won't show the HDD on my PC. The HDD shows up when I actually connect it to the PC directly.
Besides that. When using the docking station and HDD together. It gives A "fatal error" indicator. I've looked everywhere for an answer.
Won't initialize or allow me to partition it. Please help me
oh man. thats weird. Must be a bad device. Sabrent has excellent customer service get in touch they will most likely replace it
@@michaeljillian3657 I installed Windows home on A USB flash card and kept the HDD inside the dock. It picks up on that operating system but, not on Windows 10 pro. I'm trying my best to find the solution myself. The device works, it's something going on inside the operating system that I cant seem to figure out as of now.
@@SurgeryBeatz usually Windows won't boot on an external drive. Unless you have a special version of Windows installed. That's my experience
I just bought this product and the blue power light goes off when I insert the HD into the cradle. It's not detecting the hd on windows either. very frustrating. any clue why the power light goes off?
never happened to me! sounds Defective - Sabrent has great customer service - contact them - they will send you a new one.
I bought one of these and my hdd got hot :-/ 52 c im going to try and raise it off the table as there is very little space for the fan to blow the air out. Have you had any problems?
The heat happen after an hour or two of playing ps2 emulator
Hey, I actually made a whole video showing a mod I made to it to increase airflow, and its working well.
th-cam.com/video/cOimd45HO84/w-d-xo.html
@@michaeljillian3657 oh thanks :-)
Your recommendation is wrong. The fan will much easily ramove the heat form the HHD when the case is close. It makes tunel where the hot is blown out much easer than from open space.
It may be the case, I could run some tests and let you know. this is really a first impression
How to convert to storage
What do you mean?
Doesn't recognize any old hard drive.
are they Sata Drives. (the 2 L shaped connectors)
@@michaeljillian3657 I couldn't get any of the four drives I have o or. They are all sata
@@simpinainteasy680 I would say it sounds defective. It should be reading SATA devices. Maybe make sure you have a good working one by testing it on a different system. Such as inside your computer and see if it works there. If it doesn't work on the enclosure clearly something is wrong with the enclosure. Just make sure that everything is set up right. And the drives are slid all the way into the connectors. And that the power button is pushed on.
Mine shuts off as soon as I insert my hard drive
@@renzogarrido2530 I have the same issue
This is a TERRIBLE product, I formatted a hard drive, then when I plugged in another hard drive, even though I used the Windows drive ejection option, the name of the previous hard drive (the one I formatted) kept showing up all the time and somehow imaged another hard drive and gave it the same name. I lost valuable data. I threw the SABRENT in the trash. I also gave it a bad review on Amazon.
sorry to hear