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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini
Mfr P/N: MEQM0GBK OWC SKU: OWCMEQM0GBK
High performance and Plug and Play data storage/ backupreliability with a fanless, bus powered design.
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Includes
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- (1) OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Bus-Powered, Multi-Interface, USB 2.0 & 1.1, FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Backwards Compatible) , and eSATA Storage Solution with Hard Drive
- (1) 18? High Quality eSATA connecting cable (eSATA - eSATA)
- (1) 15? High Quality FireWire 800 connecting cable (9-9 Pin cable)
- (1) 15? High Quality USB 2.0/1.1 connecting cable
- (1) Mercury Elite Pro mini Assembly Manual & User Guide
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
Specs
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Drive Bays
- 1 bay supporting: 2.5-inch SATA drives
- Supports drives up to 2.2TB in capacity and up to 12.5mm in size
Storage Interface
- SATA
Device Ports
- (1) USB 2.0 Port
- (1) eSATA 3 Gb/s Port
- (2) FireWire 800 Ports
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- USB 2.0 : Up to 480Mb/s (or 60MB/s)
- USB 1.1 : Up to 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s)
- eSATA Rev 2.x : Up to 3Gb/s (or 375MB/s)
- eSATA Rev 1.x : Up to 1.5Gb/s (or 187.5MB/s)
- FireWire 800 : Up to 800Mb/s (or 100MB/s)
- FireWire 400 : Up to 400Mb/s (or 50MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- Oxford 944SE
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility
- Mac OS 8.6
- Mac OS 9.0
- Mac OS 9.1
- Mac OS 9.2
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
PC OS Compatibility
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows 2000
- Windows ME
- Windows XP
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
Other OS Compatibility
- Linux supported via USB and FireWire interfaces
Other Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.2 or later required for FireWire 800
External Power Adapter
- Optional
Power Supply
- Bus-powered (Optional AC adapter) UL-listed universal auto-switching
- Need an additional power supply? Secondary/replacement power supplies are also available.
AC Input
- 100-240V, 50-60Hz, 3.0A
DC Output
- +5V, 2A
Replacement Adapter Part Number
- OWCMOTGPWR (sold separately)
Security Slot
- No
Power Button
- Yes
Power/Activity LED
- Yes
Housing Color
- Aluminum
Housing Material
- Aluminum
Dimensions
- Height: 2.8 cm (1.1 in)
- Length: 14.0 cm (5.5 in)
- Width: 9.7 cm (3.8 in)
Weight
- 330.0 g (0.73 lbs)
Ambient Temperature
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Altitude
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Humidity
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Shock
- Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Videos
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Hard Drive Install Video
Customer Reviews
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I've always likes the Mercury line of drive enclosures and this one doesn't disappoint. The aluminum construction gives me confidence of heat being dissipated away from the drive, unlike a plastic enclosure. How many sellers of such devices include all the cabling for all supported interfaces while still keeping the price reasonable? I could probably count them on one finger. I'm primarily using Firewire 800 and have had no issues with connectivity or speed.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.- From:McKinney, TX
- Age:45-54
- Experience:Power User
- Owned Product:less than a month
Don't get me wrong, it's a great little enclosure. Aluminum. Easy to swap out the HD with another (unlike the g-drives). Lots of connectivity options not really found anywhere else. Wish it was a bit smaller but probably not possible with all the cable connection options. However, it can't power a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive via USB without either: 1) Separate AC adapter (not included) or 2) a USB "Y" cable/adapter (not included) which allows you to power the enclosure and drive via two USB ports At this price they should include the Y cable to power the enclosure and drive. What a pain to deal with if you (like I was) are on a tight schedule... Radio Shack doesn't carry them in their stores, nor Best Buy. Fry's is your only option or reorder and repay for shipping via OWC. The cost is less than issue than the time.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.This is an enclosure I bought to replace a stolen Macally one. It has a more recent chipset. Although I found its dimensions to be quite large for a 2.5" HDD when compared to a MyPassport, it doesn't seem that big, really. Plus, back pane space is actually used to place connectors. This also translate to lots of cooling space inside, and, in contrast to the other brand it replaced, a high-performance drive placed inside never got hot. It also looks like it can take much abuse before being unusable. Mine has a missing rubber feet, but nothing too important. Although I found S&H to be quite expensive for Canada, the enclosure seems well worth the cost. My only regrets being that, at this price point, it could have been future-proof by including USB 3. Plus, even deemed unnecessary, adding a power adapter and voltage regulator inside would be nice to avoid drawing too much power out of a laptop, especially when daisy-chained, as well as to protect from overvoltage. Suggestion: perhaps it would be possible to shave a bit of width by placing connectors vertically, or diagonally? Even internal space seems quite large to provide for adequate ventilation. Use it with: a high performance drive inside, such as SSD, 7200RPM platter HDD Overkill with: stock 5400rpm drives. Old drives that are slow.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
Verified Purchase.- From:Montréal, QC
- Age:25-34
- Experience:Power User
- Owned Product:3-4 months
