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NV+ v2 with WD30EZRX
I purchased both of the above on May 7th via a Amazon bundle (for a great price) and when I purchased them I'm 99.99% sure the drive was listed as compatible with the NV+ v2. Installation went fine an...
Too early to tell anything however I received my Seagate 3TB ST3000DM001 and sent the WD30EZRX back to Amazon. Installed fine and I instantly upgraded to Beta T41. So if any of the issues were related to the early Beta who knows and who cares... if they go away. :) I will say this drive appears noisier and runs a little hotter (not that I care).
I direct connected the NV+ v2 to my Mac Mini (old, slow guy) and started dumping the data back (roughly 1.25GB a minute) onto it via an external USB drive attached to the Mac (it's formatted for Mac so I can't attach it directly to the NV+ v2). I would have used ext3 or NTFS but as posted earlier the NV+ v2 would crash every time I tried such so I went the old slow proven path.
I have about 1TB to copy over and doing a direct connection before it would crash regularly. So far I'm only around 50GB but so far so good... here's hoping. If it does crash I can't think of anything else to try...
- I have tried several NV+ v2 (all with the same issue).
- I have tried two USB drives (direct connecting to the NV+ v2)
- I have tried various cables
Up until now it has crashed whenever I try to transfer 800GB or more (in several large chunks) via it's attached USB ports (tried them all) or via direct connection to a Mac or PC. As before hopefully the WD drive just doesn't work and that's why it was removed the compatible list. However, if it now fails I'll appreciate any suggestions before giving up and returning it.
I direct connected the NV+ v2 to my Mac Mini (old, slow guy) and started dumping the data back (roughly 1.25GB a minute) onto it via an external USB drive attached to the Mac (it's formatted for Mac so I can't attach it directly to the NV+ v2). I would have used ext3 or NTFS but as posted earlier the NV+ v2 would crash every time I tried such so I went the old slow proven path.
I have about 1TB to copy over and doing a direct connection before it would crash regularly. So far I'm only around 50GB but so far so good... here's hoping. If it does crash I can't think of anything else to try...
- I have tried several NV+ v2 (all with the same issue).
- I have tried two USB drives (direct connecting to the NV+ v2)
- I have tried various cables
Up until now it has crashed whenever I try to transfer 800GB or more (in several large chunks) via it's attached USB ports (tried them all) or via direct connection to a Mac or PC. As before hopefully the WD drive just doesn't work and that's why it was removed the compatible list. However, if it now fails I'll appreciate any suggestions before giving up and returning it.
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