07-20-2009, 06:42 PM
Prof,
Possibly. The firewire 800 and USB 2.0 issues along are enough to make me leery of the unit. They haven't reoccurred but that they happened once troubles me. It could've been just a loose connection on one end or the other or just cruddy cables. If the issue happens again, I'll contact NewerTech technical support and complain about it. I
The issue with the drive not feeling like it has a solid connection within the "socket" is due to the design of the drive dock. In the Voyager, the drive doesn't feel as secure as when I place the same drive in the ThermalTake unit. The drive feels like it can wiggle a tad more in the Voyager. The same drive in the ThermalTake unit feels like it has a rock solid connection.
The only reason I went with the Voyager for my second drive dock is firewire 800 for my tower and firewire 400 for backwards compatibility with an emac G4. The emac is no longer in service and has since been replaced by Mac Minis. So, I use firewire 800 when the dock is connected to my tower and USB 2.0 when it's connected to the office minis.
Robert
Possibly. The firewire 800 and USB 2.0 issues along are enough to make me leery of the unit. They haven't reoccurred but that they happened once troubles me. It could've been just a loose connection on one end or the other or just cruddy cables. If the issue happens again, I'll contact NewerTech technical support and complain about it. I
The issue with the drive not feeling like it has a solid connection within the "socket" is due to the design of the drive dock. In the Voyager, the drive doesn't feel as secure as when I place the same drive in the ThermalTake unit. The drive feels like it can wiggle a tad more in the Voyager. The same drive in the ThermalTake unit feels like it has a rock solid connection.
The only reason I went with the Voyager for my second drive dock is firewire 800 for my tower and firewire 400 for backwards compatibility with an emac G4. The emac is no longer in service and has since been replaced by Mac Minis. So, I use firewire 800 when the dock is connected to my tower and USB 2.0 when it's connected to the office minis.
Robert