Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Product Naming Contest!



We need your help naming some of our new products! If we decide to use your name, you win the product!


Here are the products to name:


MB662US-2S – Dual Bay RAID Enclosure for 3.5” SATA Drives featuring eSATA & USB.


http://www.icydock.com/product/mb662us-2s.html




MB668US-1SB – 2.5” Mobile Enclosure for SATA HDD & SSD featuring eSATA & USB and OTB Function


http://www.icydock.com/product/mb668us-1sb.html



Contest Rules:

  1. One Entry per Person.
  2. U.S.A. and Canada Only.
  3. Only 1 of Each Prize Will Be Awarded.
  4. Deadline for Entries is 12/01/2009.


Remember to be creative with your names! You only get one submission!


Please reply to this post with your entry, as well as your email address and name so that we can contact you if you win.


Good luck!


-Team Icy Dock

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Product Spotlight - MB663 Series


This month, we want to feature our MB663 Series of 2.5” Drive Enclosures.

First, we have our MB663UB. It fits any standard SATA hard drives or solid state drives, and encloses it in a beautiful black or silver aluminum case. It uses a built-in USB cable to connect to just about any device, ranging from high definition gaming consoles, to a network storage device. And with a transfer rate of up to 480 MB/sec, it will be perfect for streaming your favorite HD movies and pictures to the big screen!

Last but not least, let us introduce you to our MB663USR. Internally, you take full advantage of the transfer speed that SATA offers, with rates as high as 3.0 GB/sec! Now, lets say you finished backing up your HD movie collection in a few minutes, simply press an eject button, and your collection has become portable, complete with a built-in mini-USB port. Now, plug it into your media case, gaming console, or transfer it to your laptop for a road trip! The possibilities are nearly endless.

With HDTV and hard drive prices dropping, and the size of movie files increasing, let us help you maximize your media experience with our MB663 Series Enclosure.

Click here for more product information

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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Utilize an External HDD with your PS3!



How To Set Up Your MB559 Series OR MB664 Series ICY DOCK With PS3

MB664 (Shown in Mirror Black)

MB559 Series (Shown in Mirror Black)

Playstation 3 represents a new level of cutting edge video game technology. Not only does it allow you to play mind numbingly realistic games, but it has built in capabilities to play all your media. The problem however, is that the out of box unit places capacity restrictions on the user in terms of its hard drive. To solve this problem, you can replace the internal 2.5" SATA drive with a larger drive, or save yourself some time and simply plug in an external hard drive via USB. Using an external storage device, you can save video, audio, photos, and game data.

With an ICY DOCK hooked up to your PS3, you have almost unlimited storage capabilities. Utilize separate drives/trays for various media types, or unplug from your PS3 and use the drive to back up your newest vacation photos. If you run out of room, just pop in a fresh drive and you are back to square one!

And, with the newest color of our popular single bay series, your dock will be functional and stylish, all with the quality and simplicy that ICY DOCK gaurantees with all of our products!

Heres how you do it:

*Connect the ICY DOCK to your computer using a USB cord and switch unit power to ON.

*Check what the "File System" type is by going to Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Manager. Select the ICY DOCK and read the "File System" type. The file system type must be "FAT32" in order for the Playstation to recognize it.


*If the file system type is "NTFS", right click and select "Delete Partition" or "Delete Volume" for Vista.


*Then recreate the partition but do NOT format it. Make sure you assign a drive letter (for this Tutorial, we'll use H:)


*If you are running Windows, format the drive by going to the command prompt (Vista, right click on command prompt in start menu and click "run as administrator")and type in "format h: /FS:FAT32" (without the quotes). You may need to substitute your drive letter. (note this might not work on XP for a large hard drive - you may have to use a third-party formatting utility like SwissKnife; however, it does work under Vista - just be sure to use the format command from the DOS prompt, not from Windows Explorer)


*If you are using Mac OS X, open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app, pick the drive, and click on the 'Erase' tab. Pick 'MS-DOS (FAT)' for the file system type, and click on the 'Erase' button. This will reformat the drive in FAT-32.


*If you have Mac OS X Leopard: Open /Application/Utilities/DiskUtility.app, pick the drive and click on the 'Partition' tab. Pick '1 Partition,' for the Volume Scheme, and 'MS-DOS (FAT),' for the Format. Click the 'Options...' button (near the bottom) and select 'Master Boot Record.' Press 'Okay' and then 'Apply.'


*Open "My Computer" and double-click on your ICY DOCK.


*Create a folder system identical to that on the Playstation 3 by creating folders labeled "Picture" (not Photo), "Music", "Video" and "Game".


*Load all media into their proper folders. Your game folder should still be empty.


*Safely disconnect the ICY DOCK.


*Connect the ICY DOCK to your Playstation 3.


EXTRA TIPS AND TRICKS


*Game data can be saved the external HDD as well.


*Supported File Types for PS3

-Video: MPEG 4, MPEG 2, AVI, WMV, DIVX
-Audio: MP3, MP4, ATRAC, WMA, MP4

*Open Source Video Converters

-For Windows, MEDIA CODER
-For Mac, FFMPEGX

*Swissknife Download Page


*Use the ICY DOCK to create a hassle free transfer from you old internal HDD to your new internal HDD via our MB882SP-1S-1B 2.5” to 3.5” SATA HDD Converter Box.




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installation source: http://www.wikihow.com/Add-an-External-Hard-Drive-to-a-PlayStation-3

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