I unpacked, I noticed immediately that the base weighs enough not to move or vibrate on the desktop as many plastic devices. Contrary to another comment, there was indeed a USB cable in the package, while I was already prepared to provide me with one! I connected the power supply, I connected the USB cable, I turned and I inserted a 500GB SATA hard drive must have at least 4 years. The hard disk has been recognized on the four rubber feet prevented any troublesome vibration during hard drive defragmentation. A blue light indicates it is turned on, a red light flashes to indicate the activity of the hard disk. Absolutely nothing negative to say. Too bad it's not as HDD IDE, but for the price I'm thrilled!