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The Drive Cartridge System USIB35 is designed to turn any standard 3.5" IDE hard drive into a high perfornmance hot swap removable drive cartridge system the Drive Cartridge System USIB35 can onnect externally or internally via many different interface standards - USB 2.0/1.1, Firewire/iLink or Serial ATA. There is also choice of black and ivory color for the cartridge cradle to go with different computers and equipment. For an overview and a comparison of various removable storage technologies, click to visit the the Addonics Drive Cartridge System tutorial page.

The following illustrates three possible installation methods for the DCS USIB35
Black color cartridge cradle is shown in the following illustration
(click on the item to view more detail and installation)

Internal installation	External installation	Direct Drive Cartridge connection

Product features:

• Fastest removable cartridge system - up to 150 MBytes/sec via Serial ATA connection
• Hot swappable
• Use any 3.5" IDE hard drive  - ATA33,66,100,133
• External connection can be extended to beyond 15 feet using USB connection.
• Largest data storage capacity - determined by the size of the hard drive
• Choice of following interfaces:
  • Internal connection: USB 2.0/1.1, Firewire/iLink, Serial ATA*
  • External connection: USB 2.0/1.1, Firewire/iLink, Serial ATA
• Interface support: Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Mac OS X, Solaris 9 and above

(1) Serial ATA hot swap feature works only with controllers basing on Silicon Image chip set from our inhouse testing. Other controllers that are not Silicon Image based may not support hot swap. You may consider adding one of the Addonics Serial ATA host controllers to your systems to ensure the hot swap capability. New controllers from Intel and other suppliers may finally support this feature. Please verify with your controller manufacturer if you need to have hot swap in your application. Hot swap is supported in Windows 2000 and XP only. On other OS, drive can be removed without crashing system. But replacing with a different drive can result in crashing the OS.

Model and Price (for a summary of key components in each model, click here)

Model	Internal Drive Cartridge System USIB35	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
	Description and Package content
AEDCUS35U	Internal Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with USB2.0/1.1 interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), IDE-USB converter (ADIDEU2), Driver CD, User guide	$54
AEDCUS35F	Internal Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with Firewire/iLink interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), Firewire/iLink USIB interface cable (AAFWC406), Driver CD, User guide	$75.95
AEDCUS35SA	Intenal Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with External SATA interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS),Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), IDE-SATA converter (ADIDESA), Driver CD, User guide	$54.5
AEDCUS35WU	Internal Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with USB2.0/1.1 interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), IDE-USB converter (ADIDEU2), Driver CD, User guide	$54
AEDCUS35WF	Internal Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with Firewire/iLink interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), Firewire/iLink USIB interface cable (AAFWC406), Driver CD, User guide	$75.95
AEDCUS35WSA	Internal Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with External SATA interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS),Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), IDE-SATA converter (ADIDESA), Driver CD, User guide	$54.5

Model	External Drive Cartridge System USIB35	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
	Description and Package content
AEXDCUS35U	External Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with USB2.0/1.1 interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), USB 2.0/1.1 USIB interface cable (AAUSBC-309), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$69
AEXDCUS35F	External Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with Firewire/iLink interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), Firewire/iLink USIB interface cable (AAFWC406), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$89.99
AEXDCUS35SA	External Drive Cartridge System (black color) USIB35 with External SATA interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS),Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), Cradle Tray (black color, AASCD35T), External SATA USIB interface cable (AASAC605), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$89.99
AEXDCUS35WU	External Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with USB2.0/1.1 interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), USB 2.0/1.1 USIB interface cable (AAUSBC-309), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$69
AEXDCUS35WF	External Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with Firewire/iLink interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS), Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), Firewire/iLink USIB interface cable (AAFWC406), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$89.99
AEXDCUS35WSA	External Drive Cartridge System (ivory color) USIB35 with External SATA interface Content: Drive Cartridge (black color, AASCD35CS),Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), Cradle Tray (ivory color, AASCD35TW), External SATA USIB interface cable (AASAC605), 110/220V AC/DC 5V/12V power adapter (AADCPAC12V), Driver CD, User guide	$89.99

Model	Drive Cartridge, Cradle and Tray	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
	Description and Package content
AASCD35CS	Drive Cartridge (black color) for 3.5" IDE hard drive Content: Drive Cartridge only for Drive Cartridge System USIB 35	$25.99
AASCDBYU	Cartridge Cradle (black color) USIB35 USB2.0 Content:Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), IDE-USB converter (ADIDEU2), User guide	$39
AASCDBYSA	Cartridge Cradle (black color) USIB35 SATA Content:Cartridge Cradle (black color, AASCDBY), IDE-SATA converter (ADIDESA), User guide	$39
AASCDBY	Cartridge Cradle (black color) USIB35 Content: Cartridge Cradle only for Drive Cartridge System USIB35	$19
AASCD35T	Cradle Tray (black color) Content: Cradle tray only for Drive Cartridge System USIB35	$3.99
AASCDBYWU	Cartridge Cradle (ivory color) USIB35 USB2.0 Content:Cartridge Cradle (ivory color, AASCDBYW), IDE-USB converter (ADIDEU2), User guide	$39
AASCDBYWSA	Cartridge Cradle (ivory color) USIB35 SATA Content:Cartridge Cradle ivoy color, AASCDBYW), IDE-SATA converter (ADIDESA), User guide	$39
AASCDBYW	Cartridge Cradle (ivory color) USIB35 Content: Cartridge Cradle only for Drive Cartridge System USIB35	$19
AASCD35TW	Cradle Tray (ivory color) Content: Cradle tray only for Drive Cartridge System USIB35	$3.99

Model	Accesories	Click shopping cart to check price and order online
	Description and Package content
AADCPAC12V	Drive Cartridge System External 110/220 Power Adapter	$25
AAUSBC-309	Addonics USIB USB 2.0/1.1 interface cable	$25.95
AAFWC-406	Addonics USIB Firewire/iLink interface cable	$45
AASAC-605	Addonics USIB Serial ATA interface cable	$29.95

Specifications

All specifications are subject to change without notice

System Requirements

• PC/AT or Compatible System
• One of the following interface:
  • IDE (Drive Cartridge can cold swap only)
  • USB 2.0/1.1
  • Firewire / iLink
  • Serial ATA
  • CardBus or PCMCIA slot
  • SCSI (Drive Catridge can cold swap only)
• Pentium II 350 MHz or Greater
• Minimum hard disk space 50 MB
• Minimum 64 MB RAM
• One of the Following Operating System: Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Mac OS 10 and above, Linux (Kernel 2.4 and above), Solaris 8 (10/00 or later release) and above.