WEBVTT 00:00:00.359 --> 00:00:08.639 so today I'm going to be doing a quick unboxing of a USB 3.0 that is super 00:00:06.359 --> 00:00:11.759 speed USB which is 10 times faster although they don't say 10 times faster 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:16.160 than what I'm going to go ahead and assume it's USB 2.0 but we won't be 00:00:14.719 --> 00:00:20.439 making assumptions for long as a followup to this unboxing I'm actually 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:28.039 be going to be doing a test where I compare USB 3.0 against USB 2.0 eSATA as 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:31.880 well as fire wire so let's just break all the seals on here and then we'll go 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:36.600 around have a look at the okay first of all inside the contents we have the 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:40.160 samba enclosure USB 3.0 cable AC adapter check it out I have a knife today we 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:44.000 have a stand hard disk mounting screws and an installation guide it is 00:00:41.559 --> 00:00:48.120 compatible with Windows 7 Vista and XP and probably stuff actually no I don't 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:54.520 know hard to say what the USB 3 drivers would work with I guess those are probably the only three it is compatible 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:57.039 with seems like any Mac um as long as 00:00:54.520 --> 00:01:01.199 you're using OS 10.3 or later and then specifications are here well we'll have 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:08.159 a closer look at it oh here we go USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:10.640 and USB 1.x very nice okay so we can 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:16.759 open up the box uh if I can open up the box sometimes it's more challenging than 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:18.200 other times aha there we go so there's 00:01:16.759 --> 00:01:24.720 the enclosure but we're not going to get to that just yet the 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:26.960 samba kind of like a lion king oh no 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:30.600 that's Simba okay it doesn't stand on its 00:01:27.720 --> 00:01:36.119 own okay take this out okay so the first thing inside we find a very bulky power 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:38.479 adapter Dura micro Inc so that's a 2 amp 00:01:36.119 --> 00:01:42.000 power adapter runs at 12 volts which is what hard drives run off so that makes a 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:44.680 whole lot of sense I guess it doesn't really matter if it's bulky it's not 00:01:43.720 --> 00:01:51.439 like you're going to it's not like this is a portable drive enclosure you're not going to be particularly carrying it 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:53.600 around then we have a USB 3.0 cable so 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:59.520 you can see the ends are actually quite different from a USB 2.0 cable so it's a 00:01:56.360 --> 00:02:02.840 a very different shape but you can put a 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:06.399 US 2.0 cable inside this port so you see 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:08.599 the shape of a USB 2.0b cable here well 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:14.280 the USB 3.0 just has kind of like an extra doohickey on the end of 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:16.239 it next we have a stand oh it looked 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:21.480 like it was metal but it's not actually it's plastic so I guess the stand kind 00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:25.720 of uh goes on here somehow yeah I'd have to figure out oh 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:31.120 oh I see you have to screw it in from the inside okay so you have to actually 00:02:28.440 --> 00:02:34.560 take the enclosure apart to put it onto the stand but it'll it'll kind of look 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:39.480 like this I'm going to simulate The Experience here there we go it'll kind 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:42.840 of look like that so it has little ventilation actually okay hold on hold 00:02:40.959 --> 00:02:47.560 on I'll finish up with the user's guide and then I'll show you the actual enclosure so here's the installation 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:51.440 guide so they show you some precautions packaging content system requirements 00:02:49.720 --> 00:02:55.519 700 series enclosures at a glance installing a PCI Express card oh I guess 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:58.760 this one doesn't include that I think there are some that do though um 00:02:57.440 --> 00:03:05.959 installing a disc connecting the drive to your computer oh threee limited warranty excellent okay so in here we've 00:03:03.040 --> 00:03:09.319 got uh this seems to be all English so that's quite a detailed guide showing 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:13.400 you everything from hooking it up to your computer to installing the drive 00:03:10.959 --> 00:03:17.319 inside it and then there is a French version as well since this is Canada and 00:03:16.200 --> 00:03:24.080 we have French people and then we have a 00:03:20.440 --> 00:03:26.280 uh four screws that would appear in one 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:29.239 size and those would be for installing the hard drive in all likelihood and 00:03:27.760 --> 00:03:34.000 then we have more screws and I don't know what those are before but I'm guessing that great installation guide 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:39.920 has some details about that you can see that there are in the factory they've installed two 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:45.239 screws for whatever reason so maybe there are two here to to to go in the 00:03:43.239 --> 00:03:49.120 other two spots and then the other four are for installing the drive but then 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:52.959 you still have two extra I don't understand it okay so then here we've 00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:56.319 got what appears to be a might be a Kensington lock but it doesn't have the 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:01.040 logo and there's like nothing inside it so I'm not going to assume anything then 00:03:58.040 --> 00:04:04.200 we have the power in US be 3.0 as well 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:06.519 as 2.0 and 1.1 compatible Port here and 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:11.480 then we have an onoff switch also at the back and then around to the uh side of 00:04:09.799 --> 00:04:15.959 the unit you can see it's got kind of a shiny but um but brushed finish can you 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:20.199 see that cameraman yeah you can see that okay great and then they've got their 00:04:17.320 --> 00:04:26.160 Acom data logo on the side I sort of showed you the bottom but the bottom has 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:29.360 um like an indent here where these 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.440 little uh notches will go inside and 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:36.400 then you can screw the screw it from the top down into the base if you would like 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.800 to have a base on it then at the front you've got some Grill holes for 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:43.160 ventilation and all that good stuff around on this side you see the same 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:48.639 thing Acom data logo as well as like kind of a nice brushed finish on it and 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:52.720 that is it that is the Acom data Samba 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:54.400 USB 3.0 Super Speed 3 and 1/2 in hard 00:04:52.720 --> 00:05:00.039 drive enclosure yeah so the cameraman brought 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:02.560 up an interesting point I unboxed a uh a 00:05:00.039 --> 00:05:07.320 hard drive enclosure without actually unboxing the box so I never actually 00:05:05.080 --> 00:05:12.960 took it apart for you guys so here I'm just going to uh take those two random 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:17.360 screws out and then we'll have a look at what exactly is inside of the samba here 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:23.759 so first we have a little back plate thingamajiggy then we okay looks like 00:05:20.520 --> 00:05:26.120 this is going to slide out for me 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:32.360 here H or not how does that oh it's SL out the 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:36.759 other way okay so you can see right through it now there's no rails or 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:42.520 anything on it so it's just fitted to the right size to just kind of go inside 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:47.080 all right so then inside we have a couple wires here these are for the uh 00:05:44.440 --> 00:05:52.479 hard drive activity LED which presumably is here as well as the no that's a power 00:05:49.960 --> 00:05:56.680 switch so where's the activity led oh no there is no activity LED unless this one 00:05:54.240 --> 00:06:03.440 is also powered but one way or another it is a power switch that is for certain 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:05.680 and then okay here inside you 00:06:03.440 --> 00:06:11.800 see uh the chipset here which is converting your USB 3.0 signal to a SATA 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:15.960 2 signal or vice versa and then we've also got some capacitors as well as the 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:21.440 leads for the power switch okay that is pretty much it 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:25.000 there's a it's kind of a plasticky sort of internal structure I'm guessing as 00:06:23.599 --> 00:06:29.319 soon as you put a hard drive in there it'll have a bit more rigidity to it but 00:06:27.479 --> 00:06:32.599 the screws are going to go in from what looks like the bottom so as soon as you 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:37.160 put the hard drive in you're just going to screw it in from the bottom and then 00:06:34.599 --> 00:06:41.680 you uh would be sliding it back into this interface and then 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:44.639 screwing it in so yeah that's pretty straightforward so again thank you for 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:49.400 checking out my unboxing of the Acom data sa SATA whatever whatever it's 00:06:46.599 --> 00:06:49.400 called okay