Which nvme external enclosure?

Cyber-Mav · 10 Nov 2023 at 08:42

darael said:
Personally, I would exercise caution when buying a Sabrent NVME enclosure. I have a Sabrent ‎EC-TFNE enclosure and find the USB C connector on the drive somewhat fragile. The slightest nudge will disconnect the drive, which is frustrating while I'm transferring files. A couple of reviews show that others also have the same problem.

i have this sabrent one: https://sabrent.com/products/ec-snve
that one doesnt give me any issues.

Cyber-Mav · 10 Nov 2023 at 18:02

Just to warn you i see you got the asmedia usb contoller on your mobi. Same as me. Its unstable and unreliable when used with a lot of my usb3 devices. Asmedia is a load of crap and best to use the native usb ports on the machine.

Also your drive got old firmware so it can be updated to new one.

Iv had too much headache with those asmedia usb ports that i gave up in the end

Cyber-Mav · 10 Nov 2023 at 21:31

Big red button at top left corner that says Update Device

Cyber-Mav · 11 Nov 2023 at 10:09

Im not on the pc at the moment but if you google for orico firmware someone posted link to the config file for the orico enclosure. Also check YouTube vid for how to flash it. Its simple.

Cyber-Mav · 11 Nov 2023 at 21:08

darael said:
I hear you, but it does nothing. I think the empty Configure field is why, but I don't know how to fix it.

im back on the main pc. here you go:

above pic is how it should look with the device selected iv highlighted in red then the update button will work.
as for the config here it is:

Code:

;Configure Start
;=================FW Configure=================
U2PHY = 02 f4 9b e0 e1
U3PHY = 02 d4 09 00 d5 00 80

VID = 0xbda
PID = 0x9210

MANUFACTURE = "Realtek"
SCSI_VENDOR = "Orico"
PRODUCT = "Orico USB 3.1 NVME"
SCSI_PRODUCT = "RTL9210B-CG"
SERIAL = "012345678904"

CFEXPRESS = 0x0
LED = 0x1
PINMUX1 = 0x0
PINMUX2 = 0x0
U2_MAXPWR = 0xfa
U3_MAXPWR = 0x70
ASPMDIS = 0x0

;10 minutes of idle time will disable pcie power
PCIE_PWRCUT_THRES = 0xa

;EN_UPS = 0x0
;PD = 0x0

;CUSTOMIZED_LED is 15 bytes
CUSTOMIZED_LED = 01 01
;SUSPEND_LED_OFF = 0x0
;FAN = 0x0

;DIS_SHOW_EMPTY_DISK = 0x1
;UART_DBG_PIN = 5

;=================Tool Configure=================
;DISCONN_FORCE_USB2 = n
;FORMAT_DISK = n
;INC_SERIAL = y

;PARTITION: GPT, MBR
PARTITION = "MBR"
;FORMAT: NTFS, exFAT
FORMAT = "NTFS"
;LABEL max allowed - characters
LABEL = "My USB"

Above code is only for the B version which is sata and nvme.

copy and paste above code into a text file and save as a .cfg extension to use with the software for the orico enclosure.
this line here:
;10 minutes of idle time will disable pcie power
PCIE_PWRCUT_THRES = 0xa
put a ; before the PCIE_PWRCUT_THRES = 0xa making it: ;PCIE_PWRCUT_THRES = 0xa if you dont want the enclosure to sleep after 10 mins of activity. i have it enabled so if i keep it connected to the pc it goes to sleep, sending data to the drive when its sleeping results in like a half second or less delay to wake it up and transfers begin. ideal for my use case.

Cyber-Mav · 14 Nov 2023 at 07:14

darael said:
Another thing, as far as I can tell my enclosure only supports M.2 drives, not SATA drives as well.

Well that explains it. You need the other firmware thats for the non B model. Its the one version older than the one you downloaded
I will get the non B config fir you when im back on the pc

Cyber-Mav · 14 Nov 2023 at 22:03

here is config for non B version which does nvme only:

Code:

;Configure Start
;=================FW Configure=================
U2PHY = 02 f4 9b e0 e1
U3PHY = 02 d4 09 00 d5 00 80

VID = 0xbda
PID = 0x9210

MANUFACTURE = "Realtek"
SCSI_VENDOR = "Orico"
PRODUCT = "Orico USB 3.1 NVME"
SCSI_PRODUCT = "USB 3.1 Gen2"
SERIAL = "012345678909"

CFEXPRESS = 0x0
LED = 0x1
PINMUX1 = 0x70000
PINMUX2 = 0x0
U2_MAXPWR = 0xfa
U3_MAXPWR = 0x70
ASPMDIS = 0x0

;10 minutes of idle time will disable pcie power
PCIE_PWRCUT_THRES = 0xa

;EN_UPS = 0x0
;PD = 0x0

;CUSTOMIZED_LED is 15 bytes
;CUSTOMIZED_LED = 00
;SUSPEND_LED_OFF = 0x0
;FAN = 0x0

;DIS_SHOW_EMPTY_DISK = 0x1
;UART_DBG_PIN = 5

;=================Tool Configure=================
;DISCONN_FORCE_USB2 = n
;FORMAT_DISK = n
;INC_SERIAL = y

;PARTITION: GPT, MBR
PARTITION = "MBR"
;FORMAT: NTFS, exFAT
FORMAT = "NTFS"
;LABEL max allowed - characters
LABEL = "My USB"

and the firmware:

Realtek RTL92xx(B) NVMe/USB 3.1 Controller firmware Version 1.32.49.140423

Windows

www.station-drivers.com

Cyber-Mav · 13 Apr 2024 at 20:51

No, any drives with anything taller than a thin label type heat spreader wont fit.

However when i say won't fit i mean the lid wont close. Iv run drives in it with the lid open for quick data transfer before putting into pc