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Re: [LUG] Second Had Docking Station

 

> My cheap docking station recently decided to die (brand ZMUIPNG, avoid
> like the plague) and I'm searching for a new one. This time probably
> aiming for a proper one. I was going to just buy a second hand one on
> eBay and I thought I might ask you guys first if you know of a
> dedicated website/business for these matters. Maybe someone that
> refurbishes business docking stations?

If you're only using SATA, drives then you might find a simple USB to
SATA cable quite handy. They have a tiny chip in then; presumably they
can be so small as they only need to embed the SATA packets into USB
frames.

IDE/PATA drives are a little more demanding when it comes to power
supplies ;)

Best wishes,

Sebastian

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