Installation

After taking out three small screws the internals of the enclosure lift straight out.  This is the underside of that portion, where you can see the 6cm fan used to keep the hard drive cool. 

Looking down the channel of the enclosure, you can see the quickmounts at the end.  This enclosure only works with SATA drives, but does so very easily.  You slide the drive down the channel and press it onto the quick connects.  They link to the power, USB, and eSATA ports on the underside of the enclosure.

Pushing a hard drive in takes a bit of effort to get past the rubber silencers.  When you get to the end, place some pressure on the quick mounts to keep from snapping the control board.  Once the drive is in place, use the provided screws to secure the drive, through the rubber silencers.  These are thick and soft, perfect for absorbing any noise from drive vibration.

After placing the internals back into the enclosure, you flip it upside down, and pull away a smal access cover.  Here you can see the serial number of your product, and hook up the power cable, and your choice of USB 2.0 or eSATA.  The cables get placed through a small groove and the cover is replaced.  In the second view, you can see the enclosure (still upside down) with the cables out of the gap.  My main reason for this picture is to show you the thick rubber feet, again to absorb any vibration noise.

Flipping the drive over, the porcelain plate is placed on top.  Here you can see the finished product.  The power button is the blended recession into the front face shown here.  There is a small white LED behind it, but I found it to be barely visible except for in a darkened room.

Testing

Sorry, but there will be no in depth testing for this kind of product.  Once the drive was installed I plugged it in using USB 2.0 on a laptop, and eSATA on my HTPC.  Both of them immediately found it and recognized the drive in My Computer, simply showing it as a "Hard Disk Drive". 

Transfering files occured at the usual speeds for external drives, which can change based on the drive placed in them.  I did not notice any delays over having this drive installed directly on an internal SATA line.  As far as sound that can again be drive specific.  The installed drive was a Seagate Barracuda 320Gb and I could barely hear it at all.  The 6cm utilizes its thermostat to only spool up when needed, but even when it was running at full speed it was very quiet.