Any recommendations?The Hagibis is USB4, not TB4.
You can get an actual TB5 enclosure now, so go for that since your Mac supports it.
Any recommendations?The Hagibis is USB4, not TB4.
You can get an actual TB5 enclosure now, so go for that since your Mac supports it.
I don’t have another cable to test, unfortunately. I tried the other side of my MacBook Pro and it seemed to be better, but I could only test for like 30 minutes.Strange, and sorry to hear that. Do you happen to have a different USB 4 or Thunderbolt cable to test? Also, did you try another port?
Samsung Magician detects both my 970 EVO Plus and 990 Pro in macOS.“Ideally, Samsung magician would recognize the SSD”
That may not be possible with MacOS. Because I think I read Apple doesn’t allow low-level access to the drive for security reasons.
I should clarify that Magician sees the ssd and notes that it’s a Samsung 990 Pro. It won’t let me upgrade the firmware or change anything on the drive though.Samsung Magician detects both my 970 EVO Plus and 990 Pro in macOS.
I can't do anything with the application (besides seeing stats) because of the reasons you mentioned though.
Which enclosure do you have? So I guess if we need to update the firmware we're SOL?Yep Samsung Magician sees my 990 Pro but I can’t do anything with the app. BTW even outside of that, the app kinda sucks.
Hagibis and QwiizlabWhich enclosure do you have? So I guess if we need to update the firmware we're SOL?
Noctua NF A6x25 FLX or PWM series: https://noctua.at/en/nf-a6x25-pwmGotta link to the fan you use?
As a FYI, I have 2 Maiwo K1717 enclosures each with a 4TB WD Black 850x in a (Apple DU) 8TB RAID 0 array. Both have an internal flat aluminum HS over the thermal pad. At idle the temps are 44 to 45 C and both enclosures sit on the top of the M2 Studio Max, which does help to lower the temps.In the spirit of experimentation, I ordered a cheap aluminum heat sink from Aliexpress to attach to my Maiwo K1717 enclosure which has been idling at 53ºC.
They sent me the wrong size (a bit too small), but even this heat sink has lowered my idle temperatures by 5ºC. I'll be interested to see if the temperatures improve even more once the proper sized heat sink arrives.
I have NEVER seen this with my two ASM2464PD USB4/Thunderbolt enclosures on my M4 Mac mini, not even once in the 3-4 months I've had them. However, I used to see this several times a month (or even several times a week) with various USB 3 SSDs.One thing I’m noticing and I think this *might* be with all enclosures, is that the enclosure disconnects when my laptop goes to sleep. So when it wakes up, I get the message that the drive didn’t disconnect properly. Is any one else seeing this?
The advantage is that it sleeps and saves power (and potentially wear and tear) of course. However, if your machine has problems with sleep, then best not to use it.I have never used sleep. It causes more problems than it solves IMHO especially now that everything is SSD. I don't see the advantage.
Here are the Qwiizlab instructions:I've finally got around to setting up my Qwiizlab and SN580.
I've got a little bit of a surprise. The SN580 doesn't have an entirely level top side. It seems there are a couple of chips sitting on the top. I've read plenty of people on here have used the SN580, so I'm hoping it's not a problem.
I'm getting a bit nervous now I'm at the point where I should be adding the thermal tape. Are these instructions correct? I found them doing a web search (obviously, it's a different enclosure). https://forum.argon40.com/t/wd-sn580-nvme-installation-on-the-one-v3/3004
I've also noticed there will probably be enough space to apply both thermal pads on top of each other, if that's a good idea? I might just start with the thickest pad.
Here are the Qwiizlab instructions:
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For the SSD, you only need the thermal pad on the top side of the SSD, but I put it on both the top and bottom, which slows down the temp increase under use. There is an also a thermal pad for the top of the SSD enclosure's controller, and there is already a thermal pad installed on the underside near the controller.
Stacked thermal pads can sometimes work, but when I tried it, it didn't seem to work well. However, I would be surprised if both thermal pads included with the enclosure stacked on top of each other would fit properly in that enclosure without bending the SSD motherboard. I wouldn't do it. When I tried stacking thermal pads, it was with the stock 2.0 mm thermal pad plus an additional third party 0.5 mm thermal pad.