Re: External enclosure from SVP doesn't work.

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:49:36 GMT, fred <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <cmcqj15mdf3mehhf1pcar6lnpn4ar7b80c@xxxxxxx>, Mike
>Halmarack <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:34:05 +0100, "Bigbird"
>><BigBird.usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Google "PL3507" and you will soon see both firmware and discussions to help
>>>you out.
>>
>>Thanks for the tips, I will have a search on that. I think the people
>>who make and sell these things should provide the necessary components
>>to make their products work adequately.
>
>If SVP are still shipping PL3507 based drive enclosures with old and faulty
>firmware then it really is pretty poor.

Well, I've read up on the chip and it's labour intensive problems. If
SVP have done the same, they must have a masochistic desire for a bad
reputation.

> I got one over a year ago from them
>and the on chip firmware was 2yrs old and guaranteed to corrupt the drive.

The 250GB drive I tried in the enclosure was new. It got corrupted and
the WD utils later showed that the HD had an unrecoverable error.
Whether this error existed before the drive's encounter with the
PL3507 chip I can't be sure.

>It took a really deep search to find the required upgrade (it's been removed
>from the mfr's site) and a couple of tries to flash the chip but all is now ok
>and firewire wipes the floor with usb2.

I quite enjoy the quest for functionality but I don't think it's a
good idea to encourage the suppliers in the belief that they can vend
dross like this because I've got nothing better to do than spend days
searching for fixes.

>A google groups on this group and PL3507 should show the old threads,
>tricks & tips and links to the f/w downloads.

Thanks a lot for ther info.
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Mike Halmarack

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