Using WD SATA3 Drives on the MED500X2

[wcronje]

No...there are two drive types.

thanks - got your response on the other thread - still running partition recovery with the hope that all is intact...

[wcronje]

@wcronje,

You can compare your disk partitions with the Acronis attachement I posted a few posts above.

thanks - sounds too risky for a beginner like me & would rather not try!

[Maasbommel]

thanks - sounds too risky for a beginner like me & would rather not try!

Look with Acronis will not alter anything. Only changing things will....

[JPF]

Well, at last we have an answer and a good screenshot!
Thanks Maasbommel, Jer and Mede8er.

I will tune up the 2 disk partitions with Acronis, so I do not have to move 2x 2.5TB during a full week...  
Hope the reïnstall of the V2.02 will fill the EXT3. Better try first than make a full format without trying.
And maybe you can send me the content of the EXT3 partition in a compressed file.

Keep you informed.

[Mede8er1]

JPF

The drive we are testing has no files in the Linux Partitions so I think just the format of these partitions will be ok.

Mede8er1

[tangigi]

Answering questions at the Mede8er forum seems to be difficult last months...

I am using a WD30EZRS without jumper now.
So, SATA II, or 3 Gb/s if you prefer.

Maybe someone else can aswer my question:
my new disk is formatted in a very funny way bij the 500X2.

15,98MB unallocated - 2,724TB formatted - 15MB unallocated - 118MB Local, unformatted - 16MB unallocated.

Is this normal???

Hi JPF,

If you see post no#5 I wrote "file space is 2.72", so yours looks identical to mine.

I did reformat twice, but with the jumper on and it works fine.

will we get 6 gb/s speed with the jumper off?

Lar

[JPF]

Hi JPF,

If you see post no#5 I wrote "file space is 2.72", so yours looks identical to mine.

I did reformat twice, but with the jumper on and it works fine.

will we get 6 gb/s speed with the jumper off?

Lar

Speed will stay 3 Gb/s top!
That is by the way my top for the HDD too.
Only the Z (no DTL) and X drives have 6 Gb/s.

[jer1956]

Don't go chasing spec's. 6 gb/s relates to transfers to and from the disk cache. Platter speeds are a lot lower.

[JPF]

Resume:

SATA:
There is SATA I, SATA II and SATA III, or 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 (and yes, before others like to point me at, 3.1 in the meanwhile).
The speeds are 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 Gb/s.
There is no SATA 6, this is a mix of the word SATA and 6.0 Gb/s.

As far as I know, ALL the WD green are 3.0 or 6.0 Gb/s, so SATA 2 or SATA 3.

Mede8er 500X2 did SATA 1 only with the old FW because it could only handle 2.0 Gb/s top.
With the new FW, V2.02, it can handle (as far as tested now with 2 types of WD HDD´s) the SATA II disks with 3.0 Gb/s speed jumperless.
"Mede8er" tested the Z version, I did the S version in a fresh and unformatted installation with a new disk inside a 500X2 with V2.02 FW.
As well as the Z and the S needs a 2 times format (emty "virgin" disk) in the 500X2 before it is formatted in the right way.
Probably the other 3TB disks will need the same procedure, but that is a guess till others confirm.

Jumpers:
ONLY the 6.0 Gb/s versions need a jumper now, between pin 5 and 6, with FW 2.02. There comes no jumper with a new disk, so get one from your old HDD, PC mainboard, floppy drive, CD drive or whatever that´s old and useless.

WD 3.0 TB disks options inside the 500X2 with FW 2.02:
S = 3.0 Gb/s - no jumper anymore
ZDTL = 3.0 Gb/s - no jumper anymore
Z = 6.0 Gb/s - JUMPER to 3.0 Gb/s
X = 6.0 Gb/s - JUMPER to 3.0 Gb/s

Problem with the DTL version, this "DTL" is not visible written on the disk surface as far as I know.

CHANGING JUMPER will not be possible without format the disk again inside the Mede8er. Disk will not be recognized if not formated.

(Anything forgotten or made a mistake? Please let me know)

[djc11369]

It's great that the WD30EZRX works with the Mede8er but why does the player have an issue with it in the first place that you need to format twice?  I originally purchased this drive and installed it in a cheaper player, Micca EP350 G2 to be exact.  It also uses the 1185 chip and it didn't have any issue with the drive, it recognized it instantly with only formatting once (and quickly I might add) and no jumpers.  You would think that the lesser quality player would have the issue and not vice versa.

The Micca didn't have much of a UI, just the stock Realtek UI so does that have anything to do with it?

[panot]

I can confirm that The WD30EZRX works very well without any jumper. Once formated in PC and two times by the Med500X2 with the latest firmware V2.1.1.

[NeNo85]

Hy!
Im new here.
I have just bought a med500x2 and its really great!!!
In the guide shows that 500x2 take some space from HDD for "his needs".
But I have one question, how much does a 500x2 take space from HDD for himself?
Because when I go to HDD Info it shows 995.2 GB of space. (inside 500x2 is 1TB WD10EARX GREEN)
The HDD runs without any problem, but Im surpised that a 500x2 take 4.8GB for himself........

[JPF]

It´s an old post, but for the people that still read it and want an answer:

the Mede8er takes only a few hundred MB.

BUT, a 1 TB disk doesn´t mean you have 1000 GB.
So be happy with your 995.2 GB.
To understand this "problem" of missing GB´s, have fun finding it out on Google, the answer is there.