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Is the 250 Gb Seagate disk a ST9250315AS(G) or another model (SATA 1 disk)? If it is... https://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/disc/manuals/notebook/momentus/5400.6%20(Wyatt)/100528359d.pdf "Startup current, +5V max" entry says 1A when a +5V (5W then) line is provided. This disk mode...

(pics are a little too tiny to be readable, you could copy and paste directly an image url and it should be resolved by the forum plugins) UASP is just the protocol mode that USB to SATA controller is working due to the accelerated USB3 connection while the other seems already built in with a USB i...

Hi, yeah, the "keep the power cord, disconnect the data cable" test I cited was just for confirming whether the internal SATA controller is issuing ATA commands with a very low timeout treshold (SSD has not platters, so they reply immediately at commands that involves spinning activities,...

Hi, does the spin up issue arise when puggling only the power cable and not the data cable? I just want to confirm it's not due to aggressive SATA management settings that the earlier 120Gb hdd (guessing due to the size, it's an earlier SATA 1 drive, not AHCI compliant) is ignoring. Hi, I bought th...

thanks, at least I know what's going on. Having large storage capacity was the biggest reason I bought it. It's a shame because I was actually enjoying the system. ACEPC should either remove this "This mini desktop pc is equipped with 8GB DDR4 and 128GB ROM, which has enough memory storage to r...

thanks for the reply. The system was sold to me as being expandable to have up to 2Tb of SATA HDD or SSD. The usb external disk is mechanical and works perfectly. Is the power issue related to the 12-pin SATA cable? If the usb works, it should also work over the 12-pin cable. Well, I'm going to ask ...

Hello everyone, I have a problem. I Bought a GK3 of 8gb ram and 128gb ssd. I cannot install any 2.5 SATA mechanical drives in the system. I can't even see them in the bios. I've tried to install a 1000gb samsung drive (I hear tac tac tac) and a 640gb seagate drive (fast beeping). Both drives have be...