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Found myself a Porsche
Posted by: bibilit on 2015-12-27 03:29:15
Not the car unfortunately, just one of those Lacie external drives designed by Porsche:



Was just 3 euros, including the PSU.

The HD is 160 Gb, and working fine... not bad.
Posted by: galgot on 2015-12-27 03:51:01
Nice find 🙂 Would love a Jaguar myself, but they don't make hard drives...
Posted by: techknight on 2015-12-27 12:35:08
huh. I didnt know those were made by porche. I had a whole stack of those things I worked on and got rid of. some with good drives, some with bad. 
Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-12-27 13:04:10
I have one of those too, FW400?
Posted by: johnklos on 2015-12-27 13:07:35
FireWire 400, yes, and they take IDE disks. They're pretty tidy, but they don't take the standard 2 amp, 12 volt power supplies.
Posted by: CC_333 on 2015-12-27 13:18:02
LaCie made a "Porche-designed" CD/DVD burner as well (I have one + enough parts for another).

I generally like it, but with all the internal drives I have at my disposal, I don't really have much use for it.

Though they're always handy to keep around, just in case.

Anyway, that hard drive looks really nice. Kinda makes me want one....

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Posted by: TheWhiteFalcon on 2015-12-27 13:23:35
Yeah, the PSU connector is mini DIN. I was using mine for Time Machine backups on my Mac Pro.
Posted by: techknight on 2015-12-27 13:27:14
yup most ide. i had 2 that were SATA.
Posted by: Scott Baret on 2016-01-08 12:13:18
You can run your Porsche on Jaguar if you have 10.2!!

Great drives. I have an 80GB and have been happy with it over the ten years I've had it.
Posted by: Scott Baret on 2016-01-08 12:14:10
CC, did you buy that burner off me by some chance? I know I sold one to an MLAer!!
Posted by: CC_333 on 2016-01-08 15:11:37
No, I don't think so? I think I got it at a nearby consignment place a few years ago.

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Posted by: Schmoburger on 2016-01-09 07:28:48
More of a Mercedes-Benz guy myself, but one of those certainly would compliment my G5 nicely!
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2016-01-09 19:14:04
Nice find 🙂 Would love a Jaguar myself, but they don't make hard drives...
Love Jags, but a Barracuda's easier to come by  .  .  .  the drive anyway. :🙂

Posted by: CelGen on 2016-01-09 21:56:49
I don't see any ventilation on it. Is there at least a fan on the back?
Posted by: bibilit on 2016-01-10 02:15:40
No, don't see any, but very silent.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2016-01-10 07:40:56
Is there any provision for airflow at all? Is the case made of metal, acting as a heat sink/radiator? Sounds like Porsche, given the wall wart, there wouldn't be all that much heat to dissipate, but curious as hell.
Posted by: CelGen on 2016-01-10 07:56:34
No, don't see any, but very silent.
Well there's the true Porsche design for you. Looks pretty but doomed to overheat. I sure wouldn't use that enclosure for anything but an SSD.
Posted by: techknight on 2016-01-11 04:36:25
I didnt know these had any interest, or I wouldnt have tossed the stack of 30 or so I had, Obtained them for disposal from P&G.

All of them but 1 had a bad power brick, they suffered from the capacitor plague. Thats the one big thing to watch out for on these. the bricks go poof. most were 500GB models, couple were 320GB. I remember a couple of them being SATA, and remember a couple of them having fried controllers from the bad power bricks. 
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