This was supposed to be a post about how much better my new hard drive case performs than my old case but I couldn't get the new case to work.  So, like any curious geek I poked around to see if I could find out what was wrong even though I have very little knowledge of electronics engineering.  What I came to find was the shoddiest craftsmanship I've seen in a modern electronic gadget.  The reseller (not manufacturer) who sold the device through Amazon UK promptly issued a full refund so there's no hard feelings toward them.  The reseller told me not to send the defective unit back so I decided to prod a bit more and blog about it.