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I was randomly searching through amazon and I seen this.
Regular Price $39.99 (43% savings - $17.05)
SATA & NVME Compatibility:
Only compatible with M Key and B+M connectors Not compatible with B Key Connectors.
M.2 form factor compatible with both SATA and NVME in sizes: 2242/2260/2280.
Thunderbolt 3 compatible
Chipset is Realtek RTL9210
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RVC6...UTF8&psc=1
No longer available:
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https://www.newegg.com/sabrent-ec...ME8E410205
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However, most of these enclosures I've noticed are the side out design.
I went with this enclosure over the other options due to this. Sabrent works better since the top lifts off and there is less potential of damaging the heat pad.
You can find the update firmware for the chipset here:
https://www.sabrent.com/download/ec-snve/
There are newer chipset firmware not from Sabrent, but I haven't tested those out yet. There is a thread on Anandtech forums about various chipsets version firmware and where to download them. It's a long thread, but it gives a lot of details about the RTL9210 chipset and the fixes the firmware versions have made.
https://forums.anandtec
Hope this helps!
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I second this. Macrium Reigns supreme, and is fairly easy to use. The free version should get it done for you as well.
Doesn't work with Samsung magician because it shows up as a Realtek device. So I had to use other cloning methods which wasn't a big deal. Also when the Intel drive was in here, it wasn't recognized by the Intel drive utility either. So you can't use these to do firmware updates etc that need direct drive access.
edit - it kept blocking out the brand name so I put spaces in it. Why SD? You no like them?
Can you provide an example heatsink that would work for this enclosure? A generic "NVMe heatsink" amazon search gives you a wide range of products that seemingly have different sizes. I wouldn't know which heatsink would work with this enclosure.
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I left the top cover half open to accommodate the heatsink. Mine connects with the desktop all the time so it remains seated. I got one that is "PS5 compatible". I'll double check when I have time.
Nein. It has a so called sandwich design which is just a heating pad beneath the top cover. I was looking at NVME enclosures and there's even ones that have a small cooling fan preinstalled. All of those had mixed reviews. If the heating pad has insufficient contact on both sides it's got to be problematic. Can't really count on having the perfect seal.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0892BK5L6
sabrent is an ok brand but there is usually a reason why amazon put on a 'sale'.
like other warned, M.2 is a shape/size that describes both SATA type and NVME type SSD
this is NVME type, not the SATA type
I read through the anandtech forum and ended up flashing mine from 1.23.5 to 1.25.7 and it's been rock solid. I also have a Ugreen enclosure that also has a RTL9210B that was having issues so I flashed that to 1.25.7 as well and it's fine.
I read through the anandtech forum and ended up flashing mine from 1.23.5 to 1.25.7 and it's been rock solid. I also have a Ugreen enclosure that also has a RTL9210B that was having issues so I flashed that to 1.25.7 as well and it's fine.
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It's a long read but basically all you need to know about the different chipsets and issues as well as firmware versions. Here are the drivers and configs to use for the RT9210(B) https://www.station-drivers.com/i...ang,en-gb/