Re: Broadband keeps disconnecting :(

My broadband kept disconnection several times a day for several months, and every now and then BT would do a line test and tell me that the line was fine, so the problem must be at my end. To cut a long story short, they finally sent an engineer who was here for 3 hours resolving a problem with the way the line had originally been installed by another BT engineer! It works very well now but took months and several long phone calls to resolve, because BT seemed so reluctant to consider it might be a problem at their end.

Welcome to the forum.
There are so many things it might be. However, "it works very well" now sounds promising. If it beginds to play up again, tak a date/time stamp when than it happening. Then come back here if you want, Im sure help will be at hand.
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Broadband keeps disconnecting

I have an iMac and a BT homehub. The BT homehub lights are always blue, but my iMac when working wirelessly frequently disconnects. It's not the line, it's not the connections, I can see from iStumble the channel I use is not being used by anyone else (7). The Airport simply says 'login timeout' every time I try and connect wirelessly. I ring BT customer care and they tell me to restart the hub and the imac. This works about 40% of the time. I lose connection now several times a day. I never get anything more from customer care than 'restart the homehub' and this is just not practical as it doesn't always work. Please can anyone help? I always seem to lose connection when a work deadline arrives, and usually at peak times. I'm self employed and work from home, so it's really important I get this sorted. Can anyone help? Thanks

jek wrote:
Hello Charlie, thanks for your reply
I have tried ethernet, but it's the same issue 'connection timeout'. A wired connection would be very impractical full time, thus the homehub. Sometimes I know that the broadband speed is so incredibly slow that it thinks there's no connection. I did a broadband speed test a while back, and it was about a 10th of the minimum I'm supposed to be getting. Other times it's quick.
Jek. It's a little difficult to picture the problem you are having. Forgive me, I'm from the land of the PC, so Macs are mythical creatures that use a combination of electronics and magic.
When you say:
"I have tried ethernet, but it's the same issue 'connection timeout'."
...The wireless connection requires authentication with the hub. However, an wired ethernet connection to the hub doesn't really establish a connection - it is just there. When you get connection timeout with a wired connection, are you able to access the hub directly (browse to 192.168.1.254)?
If you can, then it isn't clear to me what connection is timing out. Is it a connection to something on the Internet you are using? A web page?
I recommend eliminating the wireless until you've pinned down the problem, since WiFi is a dark art at the best of times.
CharlieF

Broadband keeps disconnecting after 1 min - 4 hour...

Hi I am having a problem with my broadband. It seems to drop connection constantly and requires me to restart my router for it to work, my router is a couple of months old (non BT) and never had problems with it until now.
Any ideas where to start looking into whats wrong?
Thanks!

Version Info
irmware Version:
1.1.1 Build 120912 Rel.67406
Hardware Version:
TD-W8960N V4 0x00000001
System Running time:
0Day(s) 00:31:03
LAN Info
LAN IP Address:
192.168.1.1
LAN MAC Address:
XXXXXXXXXXX
ADSL Info
Line State:
Showtime
Line Rate - Upstream (Kbps):
448
Line Rate - Downstream (Kbps):
7008
Internet Info
Status:
UP
WAN Type:
ATM WAN
Layer2 Interface:
atm7(0/38)
Connection Type:
PPPoA
WAN IP Address:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.255
Default Gateway:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
DNS Server (Primary, Secondary):
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Internet Up Time:
0Day(s) 00:04:26
Shortcut:
Click here to view all WAN interface's status and troubleshooting information.

Broadband keeps disconnecting when I play a PC gam...

Everytime I try to play a PC game, whether it is online or not, I get disconnected from the interent. I have BTHub3-GX6z and the lights on the Hub are always blue. Only my desktop computer gets disconnected, my sisters laptop does not and stays connected. This has been happening for a few days now and it's really annoying me. Please help

are you connected wired or wireless? if wired tried a different port on the hub if wireless you can try downloading inssider2 (istumbler if MAC) and then run it. This will show the broadcasting networks round about you and their channels including your own. If you then enter your router and change your wireless channel to a free or less congested channel.
you can also try changing from default b/g/n to jusy b/g
make sure your network drivers are up to date
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Broadband constantly disconnecting. Was fine a few...

Hi
My broadband keeps disconnecting, sometimes every 5 minutes sometimes every few hours. Today is particularly awful disconnecting me as many as 10 times an hour. I spoke to the call centre they told me the Hub was broken, they said as I wasn't on a contract anymore they would only send me a new one if I signed a new contract. HILARIOUS why would I sign up to a service failing to work.
So I went out and bought a new router as suggested, which cost me £75 and guess what. It's nothing to do with any equipment or wires it is YOU! Something is obviously wrong with the line in this area and I'm at the end of my teather. Virgin or Sky will be contacted next week if this isn't resolved asap!
Thankyou

System Up Time 02:00:51
Port
Status
TxPkts
RxPkts
Collisions
Tx B/s
Rx B/s
Up Time
WAN
pppoa
182
207
0
426
1858
00:01:25
LAN1
Link Down
31111
20825
0
28081
2847
LAN2
Link Down
LAN3
Link Down
LAN4
10M/100M
02:00:51
WLAN
145M
25506
23352
0
1962
639
01:57:19
ADSL Link
Downstream
Upstream
Connection Speed
6891 kbps
568 kbps
Line Attenuation
21.5 db
7.6 db
Noise Margin
15.8 db
9.5 db

Time Capsule keeps disconnecting while trying to backup or copy files, can someone please help me?

I have a MacBook Pro, a Desktop PC running Windows 7 and a wifi router connected to the Broadband Internet. All devices share the same local network.
My Time Capsule (early 4th Generation) is connected via ethernet directly to the modem, I'm also able to connect wirelessly.
I also have an external seagate 3t drive connected to the time capsule.
For some strange reason, my Time Capsule keeps disconnecting form the Network after I try to access the data either in the tc or the hd, however the light is always green.
The problem mainly happens when copying data either from my Windows PC or my MacBook Pro: eventually, the connection between it and the Time Capsule is lost, interrupting the copy. It keeps happening every time, after a while, and only gets fixed rebooting Windows and the Time Capsule. I can't copy my PC data.
I've tried soft and hard reset, the time capsule it's discoverable again and able to connect either via ethernet or wirelessly, however if I try to copy something to it or do a backup, it immedialty disconnects itself.
Can someone please try to help me solve this issue?
Thanks

Wow! Thanks so much for such a prompt reply and for trying to help me, I really do appreciate it.
Your reply is so detailed because, unlike me, you are an expert, so I’ll try to answer the questions you are asking, however I’m not that good at computers so please be patient and excuse me.
1. Network layout.
What is the wifi router you have??
Answer: I’m connected to the internet through my ISP (centurylink formely Qwest) modem, ZyXel Q1000Z, I went to my modem page and copied this for you, it hope it helpsModem Status
Modem Parameter
Status
Firmware Version:
QZZ001-4.4.015.1-Q1000Z
Model Number:
Q1000Z
Serial Number:
S110Y12050750
WAN MAC Address:
40:4a:03:f4: I deleted some #s to post it
Downstream Rate:
20127 Kbps
Upstream Rate:
892 Kbps
ISP Protocol
PPPoE
Encapsulation:
ATM - LLC Bridged
I presume this is modem as well.. please give all the details of the modem router .. make and model and what role it has in the network.. ie main router or bridged. If wireless is running what you do with it. Are devices connected to the modem router and so some devices are connected only indirectly to the TC?
Answer:
Make and model listed above, not sure about the bridge thing but in the image above it says something about encapsulation, does that help? If the wireless is running, (I assume you are talking about TC) I usually backup my MBP and my Windows PC, I also have a Seagate 3T Connected to the TC and I save music, photos and files on it to share within my network. Yes there are tons of devices connected to the modem, eg. Mac, MBP, MAir, Ipads, AppleTVs, iphones, printers, etc. Although when I first set-up time capsule (about 1 ½ years ago) I created a wireless network connection, Nobody ever connects to that network to access the internet, the only person that connects to the TC is me and that will be either through my MBP or my pc.
I think I should mention that my ISP modem is connected to my PC through and Ethernet cable, although I connect wirelessly to it and my TC is also using an Ethernet cable to connect to the modem, however I sometimes connect to TC wirelessly. Not sure if you needed to know that be just in case.
What setup and role does the TC have.. ie is it router or in bridge. If the main modem is also router than the TC must be bridged.
Answer: Not sure??
What firmware is the TC running?
Answer: 7.6.4
Has this been stable in the past and now has failed.. or was it always bad?
Answer: Yes!, it used to be stable before, I really never had issues, this has happened since last November I think.
2. Initial changes to get the ball rolling.
Let me strongly recommend you do these thing...
Comment:
I’m about to do your recommendations after I finish typing this, however I thought I should mention that while on Windows 7, I am only able to see the TC on Airport Utility as soon as I unplug the TC and plug it back in, other than that TC doesn't show up on it, I am only able to see the TC through Windows Explorer/Network. Also sometimes while I’m doing something else, like being on the net, I notice the HD connected to the TC seems to be reading something
All SMB compatible names.. that is for windows to work properly.. so short.. 2-10 is plenty of characters.. but make 20 the limit, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. (This is narrow, but easy to remember).
Comment:
When doing the factory reset do I need to this SMB thing? I’m a bit confused here, you are talking about me doing manually, so I can type something like this right?
Good TC name. TCGen4
Good 2.4ghz wireless name. TC24ghz
Good 5ghz wireless name TC5ghz
Exactly what format is the USB drive? Is it partitioned GUID and formatted HFS+ on the Mac?? this is the only way really.
Answer: The Hard Drive connected to the TC is a Seagate 3t, I did do a partition GUID and half of it is to be used in my mac and the other in pc, I had no issues in the past with these partitions, I was able to save files from my MBP to the HD and from my PC to the HD, and then later able to see either files on both my mac or pc.
I use my TimeMachine to Backup on the TC and it backs up both the TC and the HD connect it to it, I then have another HD connected to my MBP and do another backup there, I have lost information in the past and that’s is why I do so many backups.
I also wanted to mention that most of the time the TC disappears from the network is when I try to copy something to it.
I'm also enclosing a couple of photos of my windows airport utility, I am not sure if they will help you know something, I deleted my name and Ip address.
Thanks again LaPastenague

My airport extreme keeps disconnecting

My airport extreme keeps disconnecting from internet. This never occurred before I changed my router to the new extreme. It seems to be a piece of ****. I Tried all the solutions posted in the forum for no avail. I'running Mavericks in an iMac 2008. Anyone found a solution ?

I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
Power-up the modem; wait at least 10-15 minutes to allow it adequate time to initialize.
Power-up the AirPort base station; wait at least 5-10 minutes. Note: The AirPort's status light may continue to flash amber after it has intialized. That is because, there may be some additional configuration items necessary, like setting up wireless security, before the overall setup is completed to get a green status.
Power-up your computer(s).
In this basic configuration, the AirPort base station will broadcast an unsecured wireless network with a Network Name (SSID) of Apple Network NNNNNN. Network clients, connected to the base station either by wire or wireless, should now be able to access the Internet through the ISP's modem. Once Internet connectivity has been verified, you can use the AirPort Utility to configure the base station for wireless security and any other desired options. Please post back your results.
If the above steps do not solve the problem, start over with step 1 above, but then perform the next steps between steps 1 & 2. above.
Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
While all of the devices are powered-down, perform a "factory default" reset on the base station. This will get it back to its "out-of-the-box" configuration and make setting it up much easier, especially if you use the "Assist me" process within the AirPort Utility. (ref: Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule)
After the base station resets, go ahead and power it back down.
Reconnect the AirPort base station to the Internet broadband modem. For the Extreme and Time Capsule, be sure to connect the cable to the base station's WAN (circle-of-dots) port.
Continue with step 2 in the first set of steps.

Router hub 4 keeps disconnecting and restarting ev...

HI MY HUB 4 ROUTER KEEPS DISCONNECTING AND RESTARTING FLASHES ORANGE THEN GOES BLUE ABOUT 5 OR MORE TIMES A DAY.
I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH AOL THEN TALKTALK AND NOW BT PHONE LINE CLEAR AND NO PROBLEMS,
IT'S JUST BROADBAND EVEN CHENGED FILLTER. ANY IDEAS
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Welcome to the community forums
Here is a basic guide to getting help from the community members done by CL Keith Please read through the link posted http://forumhelp.dyndns.info/speed/first_steps.html
once you have posted the information asked for then the community members can help you more
if using a hub 4 locate these lines located in the hub logs
Lines should look like this
19:11:29, 07 Nov. (2290101.460000) DSL noise margin: 7.00 dB upstream, 6.10 dB downstream
19:11:29, 07 Nov. (2290101.390000) DSL line rate: 448 Kbps upstream, 288 Kbps downstream
Thank You
This is a customer to customer self help forum the only BT presence here are the forum moderators
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Sky Hub keeps disconnecting... please help? New customer...

Hello there, I am a new customer to Sky only joining last month, and my broadband hub keeps disconnecting. I use wifi which is normally good, but the last week or so, every day our hub shows an Orange face, which I know sometimes means it's updating, so I leave it for one hour or more, and it still does not show white and we cannot connect to wifi. We have to restart the modem everytime for it to work, and have to keep doing this every day now... please help? As i dont think we should have to keep restarting our hub everyday for it to work. Many thanks,Hayley

That might well be one of the most ridiculous posts I've seen on here.
If you want help then provide us with more information including your router statistics,the exact issue/issues your having along with what Sky have so far done to try to rectify them.

I have a wireless network at home. I run my iphone and ipad on it with no problems. Just purchased a MacBook Pro, and now my wi-fi keeps disconnecting and i get an error message saying another device is using the same IP address. What does all this mean?

I have a wireless network at home. I run my iphone and ipad on it with no problems. Just purchased a MacBook Pro, and now my wi-fi keeps disconnecting and i get an error message saying another device is using the same IP address. What does all this mean?

Hello AKCamus
To give you some ideas of what to do next, I have provided a few articles that will give some troubleshooting Wi-Fi connections and recommended Wi-Fi settings.
iOS and OS X: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

USB device keeps disconnecting/connecting after upgrading to Windows 8.1

I have a device(Pedal for Sim Racing) connected via USB, everything is working fine in Windows 7 and 8 but after upgrading my machine to Windows 8.1 the device keeps disconnecting and connecting for like every 2 seconds. But after I open the Property Sheet
in Game Controllers panel the disconnection issue was gone, if I reconnect the device the issue persist. Other people who have similar device also encounters the same issue after upgrading to windows 8.1. The issue persist with or without the device driver
installed.
Any idea, what might cause this?
Best regards
mark

I'v got this exact same problem with my Win 7 desktop. I've also got pedals and wheel but don't see it as different than all the other USB devices. I'm using a bunch of USB, but no hubs, including 3 external storage hard drives. But the momentary
disconnect appears in all devices as best as i can see..even my long time trouble free head phones..keyboard..and all. Sometimes the sound goes away and if I unplug and replug them the sound comes back, and other times I have to exit and re enter the
game. I also get video crashes ..maybe not related.IDK..and have to restart all, because I've got three black screens in Eyefinity. For years my system was trouble free and its just slowly started getting worse. I've thought it had to do with system "sleep"
etc but long ago went to never sleep max performance etc..Makes no difference. Keep thinking its my hardware or my house wiring etc..But can't seem to solve it. I replaced my Mobo/chip/ram maybe 6 months ago and that appears to have not helped. It seems
to be getting worse. I hate to start replacing parts piece by piece..cost a lot of money and sometimes doesn't help.
When I'm playing a game I can often hear "faint" sound of USB connect disconnect happening with regularity..that little bing/boink sound etc..So it must just be constantly happening...Seems weird. Didn't have anything like this happening years
ago with pretty much the same hardware and same Win7 with the continuing updates etc.
What can be causing this common problem?

My internet keeps disconnecting

Hi,
I have seen many posts now about macusers having the same problem as me. I have recently upgraded to IOS Lion and have kept the software updted on a weekly basis.
For some reason my wireless internet keeps disconnecting at speradic times during the day and it has become very irritating. It is not the connection as my PC, Iphone and Ipads are connected while both my Macbook pros decide to go wandering. I never had this problem when i was using the previous operating system but i see other uses had problems with that as well.
Does anyone have any fixes for the problem or know of any patches that can solve the problems. Please help a very irritated Macuser.
Thanks Nobby

Well try upgrading the firmware of the router & keep on holding tightly
the reset button in such a way that power light is blinking on the
router & then do a complete network power cycle i.e., unplug the power
cables from the modem & from the router & then plug in the power cable
to the modem first once all the lights are solid green you could plug
in the power cable to the router & check out it will definately work!!

External hard drive keeps disconnecting and then reconnecting

External hard drive on Time Machine, running via USB keeps disconnecting. Get the pop us that the drive wasn't disconnected properly. This Mac is brand new as is the hard drive. It is a Seagate 1T Free Agent.
After a minute or two it reconnects. I've run Seagate diagnostics and it says the drive is fine.
Any suggestions?

See #A1 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for a handy widget that will display the backup messages from your logs.
See what that shows; there may be a problem with the backup, which results in TM ejecting the drive. If so, the disconnect may be a symptom, not a cause. If so, see #C2 there. If not, or if you're not sure, copy and post them here.
Also, to rule out other USB problems, disconnect everything but keyboard and mouse; connect the drive directly to your Mac (no hub).
Make sure all connections are snug and secure.
Try other ports, cables, and combinations of the two (a plug that works fine in one port may not make good contact in another one, and throw intermittent errors).

Help!!! Broadband Intermittently Disconnects

Please someone cast a eye on these figures and tell me if anything is wrong please???
Our broadband randomly disconnects sometimes upto 10 times a night only for a brief time of say 10-30 seconds but enough to kick my wife and me off off xbox live or our laptops go to local only connection! The broadband light on the HH3 does not even go out, but sometimes the conection screen comes on our laptops showing the BB light flashing. I have phoned tech support in india (even spoke to George Michael lol) i've had the cover plate removed several times and had a BT engineer change it for a new one with seperate ADSL and phone sockets. Our profile has been reset and if the speed is right below im well pleased. it's just these **bleep** disconnections thats driving me mad. We have another engineer comming tomorrow who according to my last contact is going to fix the problem once and for all!! It's not a HH3 problem as this has happened on a Dratek Vigor, Belkin N300 and a Belkin N600. Brought the HH3 on recomendation from a BT tech support agent who said they could not help me anymore as they only train on HH's!!!!
This has been ongoing for six month now and im rather annoyed.
On the troubleshooting page on every disconnect is logged on the WAN. I've printed this off for the engineer, any ideas where else I can direct him!!! the previous chap tested everything with his kit and found no fault! five mins after he left it went again!
Internet Connection Configuration
Connection information
Connection time:
0 day, 00:13:55
Data transmitted/received (GB):
0.000 / 0.000
ADSL Line Status
Connection information
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
6 days, 01:47:32
Downstream:
17,266 Kbps
Upstream:
1,171 Kbps
  ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type:
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up):
6.2 dB / 6.2 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
21.5 dB / 10.3 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
0.0 dBm / 12.3 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
0 / 0
CRC Events (Down/Up):
2775 / 116

Still no joy third engineer coming today but sceptical of outcome! See below what were facing!
  20:01:37,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  20:45:03,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  20:56:16,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  20:56:19,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN1_INTERNET_B_ATM2_0_35 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  21:15:20,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  21:38:55,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  22:53:51,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  22:55:07,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_ISP_TIME_OUT]
  22:56:09,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_UNKNOWN]
  23:46:48,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  23:46:51,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN1_INTERNET_B_ATM2_0_35 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  23:48:42,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN3_TR069_INTERNET_R_ATM1_0_38 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
  23:48:45,10 Dec. WAN connection WAN1_INTERNET_B_ATM2_0_35 disconnected.[ERROR_NO_CARRIER]
As you can see its random and only lasts a couple of seconds! unless the engineer is here and is quick enough to catch it i cant see how he can solve it! Last engineer said Help Desk does not register any disconnects!!! notice 13 disconnects in one evening between 20:00 and 00:00! makes xbox a pain as we not only play games but watch movies throu it!!!!
HELP

My iphone external hard drive keeps disconnecting so it tells me I disconnected improperly. I have changed electric cord directly to outlet and usb also direct, and it still happens.

I store ALL my photos (400 events) on an external 1T hard drive. The hard drive keeps disconnecting so it get a msg telling me I disconnected improperly basically which is a serious no no. I then have to re-start. I have tried connecting directly to the wall outlet, to a super duper surge protector and also have connected the usb (was on a usb port) directly to the computer. But it continues to happen a total nusance. What do I do?

I would first contact Seagate's tech support for a possible solution. If that doesn't prove successful then I would try a different product or consider building your own.
Basic Backup
Get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
Carbon Copy Cloner
Data Backup
Deja Vu
Silver Keeper
Retrospect
Super Flexible File Synchronizer
SuperDuper!
Synchronize Pro! X
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
Although you can buy a complete external drive system, you can also put one together if you are so inclined. It's relatively easy and only requires a Phillips head screwdriver (typically.) You can purchase hard drives separately. This gives you an opportunity to shop for the best prices on a hard drive of your choice. Reliable brands include Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Toshiba, and Fujitsu. You can find reviews and benchmarks on many drives at Storage Review.
Enclosures for FireWire and USB are readily available. You can find only FireWire enclosures, only USB enclosures, and enclosures that feature multiple ports. I would stress getting enclosures that use the Oxford chipsets especially for Firewire drives (911, 921, 922, for example.) You can find enclosures at places such as;
Cool Drives
OWC
WiebeTech
Firewire Direct
California Drives
NewEgg
All you need do is remove a case cover, mount the hard drive in the enclosure and connect the cables, then re-attach the case cover. Usually the only tool required is a small or medium Phillips screwdriver.

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