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Hard Drive Tray</h1> <p align="left"><b>Description:</b></p> <p align="left">The EZ-Swap is comprised of two units; a 5.25" drive bay dock and a hard drive cartridge. Both are almost entirely made of aluminum. The whole EZ-Swap unit is about the size of a long optical drive. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/06.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/06th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="50"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">The left and right sides feature mounting holes like those of all other 5.25" drives.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/07.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/07th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="78"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">In the back of the unit is a 40mm fan to suck air out. To the right of the fan is the IDE interface and a 4-pin Molex power connector. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/05.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/05th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="75"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">The front of the EZ-Swap is made of plastic. It contains an LCD screen and purple function buttons that take up the left half. The right half is occupied by a dark gray thumb tab door that swings open to reveal a keyhole. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/08.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/08th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="162"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> <br> </p> <p align="left">The thumb tab door has the Vantec logo printed on it and two click levels for opening. Opening the tab door to the first click allows the key to be inserted into the keyhole. When unlocked, the tab door is opened to a second click. The manual says that when the tab door is opened to the second click, the front of the EZ-Swap should swing open and the cartridge can be pulled out. I found that after I opened the tab door to the second click, a good outwards tug was needed to swing the front door open. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/09.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/09th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="160"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p align="left">Opening the front door revealed a patch of vents. Since the fan in the back sucks air out of the EZ-Swap, the negative pressure will cause air to be sucked through these vents.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/11.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/11th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="168"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>When the hard drive cartridge is pulled out, a plastic door inside the drive bay dock swings down to minimize dust from entering. This door has the Vantec logo on it. </p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/10.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/10th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="72"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>The top of the hard drive cartridge slides out for installation of hard drives. At the back hard drive cartridge, on the inside, is a Molex plug, an IDE connector, a thermal diode, and three color coated "wired" jumpers. These jumpers plug into the hard drive's jumper pins. They can be switched "on" and "off" with the DIP switches on the back of the hard drive cartridge. The quick installation guide has a chart showing which color wired jumper corresponds to which DIP switch. This is a good feature if your master and slave drives change.</p> <p align="center"><a href="atruereview/ezswap/12.jpg"><img src="atruereview/ezswap/12th.jpg" alt="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" title="Vantec EZ-Swap Hard Drive Tray" border="0" width="250" height="78"></a><br> <font size="-1">Click on image for larger picture</font> </p> <p>As mentioned earlier, the majority of the hard drive's cartridge is made of aluminum, especially the parts that touch the drive. This allows the hard drive cartridge to act like a big heatsink for the drive. 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