tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494320883029239656.post5409317590468668106..comments2024-03-21T21:48:36.641-07:00Comments on Fortysomething Geek: Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE121) review w/ Samsung 830 SSDfortysomethinggeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15749612412800861345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494320883029239656.post-45835524845385723832013-06-03T17:00:03.967-07:002013-06-03T17:00:03.967-07:00The M500 is a pretty new SSD. I am surprise the ad...The M500 is a pretty new SSD. I am surprise the adapter has problems. I've never experience problems with the older Crucial M4. There may be an incompatibility issue wit the newer Crucial NAND/firmware. I'd try another adapter and cable. If that fails, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe the SSD is drawing too much power for the portable adapter. That could be the case. I've read some case that may be it.<br /><br />For a cheap fix, you can try a SATA cable with external power between the adapter and Crucial. It would be Seagate TB > SATA cable with aux power (maybe from USB) to SSD. Amazon will have a bunch of cables/adapters. You may have to use a combination of cables. It will be a Y-split. One end is SATA to SATA and the other will be USB to SATA power. I don't have a link on hand but I've seen them.fortysomethinggeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749612412800861345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494320883029239656.post-8954911972709671782013-06-03T12:08:00.676-07:002013-06-03T12:08:00.676-07:00Great review. Wanted to pick your brain.
I'm...Great review. Wanted to pick your brain.<br /><br />I'm trying a similar setup. iMac 27 inn, Mid 2011 running Mountain Lion.<br /><br />Crucial M500 960GB SSD on a Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter (STAE128) via an Apple 2m Thunderbolt Cable.<br /><br />When I try and partition the disk using disk utility it usually crashes. When I do get the disk partitioned and formatted and then try to write to it, the process freezes and disk utility finds a corrupted disk and refuses to remount the disk. I've tried the SSD in an USB 2 enclosure and it works fine - so I'm thinking it's the seagate thunderbolt adapter. It gets pretty hot to so not sure if that's the problem.<br /><br />Should I try the desktop thunderbolt adapter? Or go with another thunderbolt enclosure (if one even exists)?<br /><br />Thanks! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032332455692995427noreply@blogger.com