BTW JMS577/578 based enclosure mostly don’t support TRIM and/or UASP from factory however there is way to flash a custom firmware to tweak sleep time, add UASP and TRIM support. If there is enough demand, I will create a post with detailed steps.
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I got the clear case from pi box, it is RTL9201R chipset. Bought it on amazon for 260rs. This is without carrying case.
Plugged in a wd green 240gb ssd. Working great.
Have 2 orico clear usb cases as well. They have the asm chipset. Bought them sometime in 2022 for 650rs and 550rs.
The pibox cable is half size of the orico.
Note - all cases are usb 3 micro b and not usb c.
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Suggestions for a 3.5 & 2.5 SATA Drive enclosure ?
I want to transfer some data from an old 1tb drive. Intend to do some transfers for higher capacity drives too in the future. So USB C support is also preferred.
Do you suggest Cable types or enclosures.
I have last used Transcend Store Right Hard Drive enclosure
please share the detailed guide. Have tried flashing various firmwares but neither worked.
I bought it as well. Mine shows RTL9201 without the R. Is there a difference.
Tried testing it and gives good transfer speed on a 2.5" hdd.
However, with a sata ssd, it falls back to usb 2.0 speeds (42MB/s) for some reason. No idea why.
I would recommend buying a case unless you will be swapping multiple drives frequently. Will also have one fixed external drive in the end.
To above poster - I’m not sure which you are asking for but the clear case shows UASP and TRIM out of the box in crstyaldisk. The speeds should be the same. It’s the cables/port, handle with care when plugging into usb port, happens some time with all my cases. Don’t know if there is any diff between RTL9201 and RTL9201R.
Fit finish of the case is not as good as orico’s but doesn’t matter at the price.
It will show 9201 in windows/linux when you plug it that’s absolutely fine. Look at the markings on the chip it has to be 9201R cuz only R variant does SATA.
For e.g this is on Linux. But rest assured it’s RTL9201R
I’m talking about the same clear case as yours. Have tried various cables/ports but for some reason, experiencing usb 2.0 speeds with ssd.
Can you share SSD make/model? there is no difference between an HDD and SSD as far as sata interface is concerned. And are you connecting it directly to mobo usb 3.0 port?
Also, please run a Crystaldiskmark sequential read/write test and share the screenshot. Cheap SATA SSDs will perform worse than HDDs on random writes, i.e if you copy a folder with thousands of files then the speed you are getting is expected on a cheap SSD.
I bought couple of these too - working fine . Liked very much - very cute & brings back old memories of cassette players . There is no tape inside which is good 
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This is one of my most favourite threads here, I love this kind of stuff.
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I’m not near the system right now but have tried with different computers and ports, same result. Ssd in picture is 850 evo
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Do share the sequential read/write test once.
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Can any one suggest an option asap?
Suggestions for a 3.5 & 2.5 SATA Drive enclosure ?
I want to transfer some data from an old 1tb drive. Intend to do some transfers for higher capacity drives too in the future. So USB C support is also preferred.
Do you suggest Cable types or enclosures.
I have last used Transcend Store Right Hard Drive enclosure
Ok so for 3.5" enclosures,
(if you wan’t a dock, asmedia controller better than jmicron)
(if you want to spend some money, realtek controller, two HDDs and whole lot of features)
PiBox has a usb C variant if you care about that. Both will have JMS controller and almost all enclosures at any price point will have JMicron Controller cuz 3.5" enclosures are not the target product for SSDs.
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I have the Realtek drive enclosure, does anyone know if it’s possible to shut it down programmatically? Or atleast put a standby?
- If my backup power is lost the drive stays off unless the physical button is pressed which is impossible to do at times.
- I have setup a attiny85 and a servo to do it when power comes back
- But the turn off actually registers as an unexpected power loss in SMART, I can trigger shutdown on my server (a pi 5 hooked via usb) but haven’t figured out a way to shut it or put some standby on it
I reached out to PiBox via all channels for this, they ghosted me 
If the OS on Pi5 is Linux then you can safely run this
udisksctl power-off -b /dev/sdX
This will spindown the disk and it shouldn’t register as power loss. Make sure to unmount the filesystem before this command and replace sdX with correct disk.
Sorry to derail the thread, needed help. But one of our office systems has suddenly stopped booting to windows( goes to bios). I assume windows is corrupt. We have ordered a pi box enclosure (nvme SSD) in order to check the SSD and recover data. Is there any way I can check if SSD itself is fine. Since the enclosure will come around Monday.
@Emrebel try using it with another office system and boot from there.
I think it would be because of SSD firmware updates from Win. Also is it an OEM drive or retail one. Be careful with OEM Drives.
Retail unit. I also believe some Windows update screwed it.
Since you have to ask this, I would recommend waiting till monday. I have seen people screw up something else just in the restlessness of fixing the first screwup.
If you you dont need my recommendation. Then create a bootable USB drive linux/windows and boot from it. you would be able to check if the ssd mounts properly or run chkdsk for filesystem issues.
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