DarKWateR

Recently I purchased the Vizo Luxon external enclosure to backup (something I never seem to do) some of my data. I actually wanted to get a Vantec Nexstar since I’m familiar with the unit but unfortunately my supplier did not have stock (as usual).

At first I was pretty impressed with the specifications of the Vizo Luxon since it supported eSATA and USB2.0. The bay itself is also build from high quality material which makes it an even better purchase. The only downside was that it didn't include an eSATA bracket (which kinda sucks since my motherboard doesn’t have one integrated) so I had to purchase one separately.

I decided to use my old Western Digital 120GB hard drive and installed it into the enclosure without any hassles. All detected and worked fine with the eSATA until I attached the plastic bracket provided that allows to unit to stand in an upright position when my hard drive suddenly didn't want to detect. There's nothing I hate more than to troubleshoot new hardware. I also experienced exactly the same problem when I connected the enclosure via the USB cable provided. The unit simply didn't want to work in the upright position.

The only explanation I can think of is that the connector inside has a problem detecting the drive. I've also tried a different hard drive which gave exactly the same issue. I did return the bay to my supplier but they could not find any fault (since they're idoits) with it.

I should have waited for the damn Vantec stock to arrive.

At the moment 3/10