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    fleggett1 got a reaction from ZagD in Sabrent external enclosure (semi thread necro).   
    They seem to be alright, though I haven't done any formal testing, just eyeballing the speeds given by Windows when doing copies/moves.  I can stream UHDs with no problem.  I've since assembled a system with native USB-C, which seems to've solved the spin-up issue I mentioned earlier.
    It's a really nice enclosure that's built like a tank.  If/when I run out of bays, I'll probably get another one.  It's expensive, but only needing the one USB cable (two if you count power) is REALLY nice.  I also haven't seen any temperature issues since converting from the Norco.
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    fleggett1 got a reaction from Shane in Sabrent external enclosure (semi thread necro).   
    It's alive, it's alive!
    ...but with a caveat.  My system is so old that it doesn't have a native USB-C port, so I had to buy an internal card with several that's natively recognized by Windows 10/11.  I don't know if that affects anything, but the caveat is that it takes the Sabrent a few seconds after the desktop appears to fully spin-up all the drives.  This screws with one application I'm running in a fairly minor way, as the pool isn't initialized at that point, and is work-aroundable.
    Scanner is...interesting.  Every drive on the main menu shows-up as an "ASMT ASM235CM SCSI Disk Device", but if you look at the disk information, it's all good, with the correct manufacturer, model, serial, etc.  SMART data also appears to be coming through.  This same label also appears in Device Manager for every drive.  If you assign a manual name, though, that label appears in Disk Management (I've labeled all mine).  The "labeled" name also appears in Drivepool.  I guess it doesn't particularly matter, but maybe you can try to have the "labeled name" display in Scanner in a future version, as that would be much handier.
    Oh, something else that's neat - you don't have to do the 3.3V hack with the Sabrent, which is something I had to do with the Norco.  This is doubly good, as you then don't have yellow tape potentially gunking-up the SATA connector.
    Apart from the spin-up delay and the device names, everything seems good.  The fans are super-quiet, so I don't know why people were complaining about that.  The one bad thing is that it came with a ridiculously short power cord, so I had to dig-up one of my own.
    Anyone have any questions?
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    fleggett1 got a reaction from muaddib in Drivepool/Scanner and external enclosures.   
    No, I'm still a way aways from getting the Sabrent (if I get it at all).  Your situation sounds really different, though.  You're running a Sonnet what?  Are you using an external enclosure of some sort?
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    fleggett1 got a reaction from VapechiK in Scanner reported drive as on the verge of failure, but now...nothing?   
    I think I'm gonna call the tray icon from now on the "Gold Shield of Worry" (GSoW).  Kinda goes along with Blue Screen of Death and Red Ring of Death, only with less Death.
    Thanks, Christopher, for the likely answer.  Still hasn't occurred again (thank God).  I've already lost a bunch of drives over 2022 and didn't need this on the very first damn week of 2023.
    VapechiK, it's good to share misery, even if it is, y'know, misery.  I'm actually on the verge of swapping-out my entire system, as I suspect my creaky Norco has been slow-roasting my drives for the better part of five years.  Then again, I did modify it to support an AIO and probably blocked some critical airflow in the process.
    Never let me borrow a dremel.
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