Difference between 300GB and 400GB...

[ViRaL1]

I sent email to the pre-sales support department of an e-tailer about a combo USB2 / FireWire enclosure wanting to know if it would support a 400GB drive as the specs made no mention of max size or 48-bit LBA. The response I got said that the case will only handle up to 300GB. I'm a little stumped on the logic behind this. Is there some limitation that I'm not aware of that would prevent an enclosure from seeing all (or any) of a 400GB drive, while allowing it to work fine with a 300GB drive? My guess is that this is just a matter of it not having been tested on a 400GB as of yet, but I suppose it's possible that I'm missing something.

TIA

[rallynavvie]

Likely it hasn't been tested for compliance with anything bigger than 300GB drives. Best practice would be to not advertise compatability until you're sure. However from the practices I've seen from hardware companies is they'll say anything in order for you to buy their products and then blame it on other hardware/software if there are problems.

Or they're just stupid

[ViRaL1]

I'd really like ot buy it. They've got a deal going with the enclosure and a combo USB2 / FireWire card for $28. Not a bad deal for the pair. I have a 250GB I could put in there if it doesn't happen to work, but I'd rather put the 400GB in it.