As mentioned previously, 9 screws have to be removed in order to get the back panel off. With this removed we can take a look at the inner workings of the HD2. The size of the unit is governed by the size of the HDD – as you can see the PCB is in fact quite a small element of the entire product. If the HD2 was explicitly for 2.5” drives then the outer case could also be trimmed down. As it stands the unit isn’t that big anyway measuring in at: 230x165x60mm. The tray the HDD sits in is directly cabled to the PCB giving it that hot-swappable touch.



AC Ryan have chosen to include a Samsung HD105SI 1000GB with 32MB Cache. This drive is 5400RPM and an average seek time of 8.9ms. This Samsung drive promises to remain at just 1W during sleep and standby and reaching just 5.7W during read/write operation. Inside the HD2 we can seat 3.5 or 2.5” drives – SATA 3Gbps is the restriction though.



Having a look at the PCB at the very centre is a Realtek chip (RTD1185DD). This manages the HD2 media player. The other chips that can be found near the Realtek chip are Nanya NT5TU64M16GG-AC these provide onboard memory.

Next to the PCB is a small 40mm fan, this is to assist with cooling the HDD whilst under operation.