Comments on: NewerTech Guardian MAXimus eMAX External Hard Drive That Sips 50% Less Power http://svenontech.com/2008/06/18/newertech-guardian-maximus-emax-external-hard-drive-that-sips-50-less-power/ The technology resource you can't resist! Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TobyF http://svenontech.com/2008/06/18/newertech-guardian-maximus-emax-external-hard-drive-that-sips-50-less-power/comment-page-1/#comment-137645 TobyF Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:29:03 +0000 http://svenontech.com/?p=7550#comment-137645 Ya, the fan is too loud on my new Maximus Enterprise-class. "Whisper-quiet" my ass. Thanks for the recommendation Ivan, I'll check it out. Ya, the fan is too loud on my new Maximus Enterprise-class. “Whisper-quiet” my ass. Thanks for the recommendation Ivan, I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Ivan Gonzalez http://svenontech.com/2008/06/18/newertech-guardian-maximus-emax-external-hard-drive-that-sips-50-less-power/comment-page-1/#comment-137567 Ivan Gonzalez Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:40:06 +0000 http://svenontech.com/?p=7550#comment-137567 I bought a Guardian Maximus (1TB x 2) from Other World Computing, it shakes like an old washing machine, the fan is very loud and never slows down. Even it is a RAID solution you need to remove screws if you need to change a drive and the screws are covered with stickers on top that tell you that the warranty will be void if you remove them. The drive could not be dismounted under leopard. Did not keep it for more than 24 hours and still got charged 15% restocking fee, no a god way to earn customers loyalty. (lost $106, $20 shipping x 2 + $66 in re-stocking fees) I replaced it with a case from oyendigital.com ($114) and bought 2 x 1.5TB seagates 7200 rpm for $130 each. No shaking or rumbling, the fan is whisper quiet, the sata drives are so easy to install. Great solution, kudos to Oyen Digital. Thumbs down to OWC (macsales.com). I bought a Guardian Maximus (1TB x 2) from Other World Computing, it shakes like an old washing machine, the fan is very loud and never slows down. Even it is a RAID solution you need to remove screws if you need to change a drive and the screws are covered with stickers on top that tell you that the warranty will be void if you remove them. The drive could not be dismounted under leopard. Did not keep it for more than 24 hours and still got charged 15% restocking fee, no a god way to earn customers loyalty. (lost $106, $20 shipping x 2 + $66 in re-stocking fees)

I replaced it with a case from oyendigital.com ($114) and bought 2 x 1.5TB seagates 7200 rpm for $130 each. No shaking or rumbling, the fan is whisper quiet, the sata drives are so easy to install. Great solution, kudos to Oyen Digital. Thumbs down to OWC (macsales.com).

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