solaar Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Hi there, Just a quick one which probably yields a quick answer. I have this USB 3.5 enclosure (JMicron 0x2338) with a 320GB SATA HD inside. OSX recognises it but is struggling with it, Linux also recognised it but states that it's corrupted and suggests to reformat it, Windoze doesn't even detect it at all... The HD is working properly when I plug it in as internal SATA. The enclosure also works properly when a 160GB HD is inside. I made a test in OSX yesterday, formatted it as MacOS extended with one partition of the full capacity. It would mount and let me write to it but today it just won't mount anymore. I can still see the USB controller in Sys Prof and the HD in Disk util but I reckon it's basically unusable as it seems very unstable. BTW the enclosure has its own power supply so I suppose this can't be a USB power issue. Any hint is very welcome. I can't find any precise info if and what a possible limitation on this box is. Is there a way (perhaps with some exotic commands) to find out what the technical restrictions of a device are? And IF there are capacity restrictions for USB enclosures, my big question is WHY? What does a SATA to USB converter have to do with HD capacities? It should just take whatever comes from and goes to the HD and send it on via USB. cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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