Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 02:44:56PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >> I'll admit, I may create a encrypted partition on the thing with some >> videos as a backup. If for example a hard drive goes bad, or is going >> bad, I can power the drives down and just watch videos on the m.2 >> stick. Speed isn't a real big deal. I just want it to work. Oh, I'd >> be more worried about the USB speed myself. I'm not sure what version >> of 3 my mobo has but I suspect the bandwidth will max out on the USB >> before the m.2 does. > You suspect correctly. > > The USB 3 family starts at 5 Gbps. All but the cheapest boards have at least > one 10 Gbps USB, either as USB-A or USB-C. Some at the back, some as a new > internal connector for a USB-C socket at the case front. Still rare are USBs > with 20 Gbps. But I think your board was quite a good model, no? I tried to > find it out by perusing old threads, but they are a bit confusing at times.^^ > > I found mentions of Asus Prime X670-P and of Asus B550 Plus. The former has > a 20 Gbps socket, the latter only provides 10 Gbps. >
I started out with the X670 I think but ended up with the B550. The B550 had more PCI slots. I needed expansion options. The AM5 mobo just don't have it. >> I did reach out to the seller. I thought I was buying from Crucial >> itself but turns out it was someone else. I eventually found a way to >> contact them. I told them about the misleading title and that I would >> likely keep the stick anyway. So far, I got it in the enclosure and >> connected. It shows up just like a SATA drive does. Now to format. >> >> I have a Samsung Android phone. My sis-n-law has a Iphone thing, Apple >> type. What file system is best for both of these to work? I read exFAT >> but other sites say something else. > You need a common denominator. ExFat is a good candidate, methinks, as it > won’t give any issues with file permissions. Since I’ve never held an iOS > device in my hands, I have no idea about what FS they support. But the > answer should be just a short DuckDuck away. :) > I was sitting here thinking on which file system to try first. Then it hit me. I didn't know if this would work or not, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to try. I just took the m.2 stick thingy and plugged it into my phone. It popped up and said something about not being ready to access and did I want to format it. Well, geeee, why would I want that???? ROFL I clicked yes and a couple seconds later, it was done. Then came the hard part, the real hard part. I tried a dozen or more apps to backup stuff like pictures and such to the m.2 stick. None of them would work right. It was annoying as heck. I might add, restore options are hard to find too. Anyway, I found this thing called File Manager plus. I used it to copy the picture directory and then paste it on the m.2 stick. My Samsung S9 phone is likely USB 1, maybe 2. Still, it was pretty fast. Took 15 or 20 minutes. I have quite a few pics. For those interested, this is the mount info, which should include file system info. /dev/sdk1 on /run/media/dale/4730-DF8F type fuseblk If I recall correctly, fuse thingy is for NTFS. I think anyway. Maybe that will help someone in the future if they need to do this for a friend or something. Oh, copying from m.2 stick to my puter hard drive, seconds. I used the type C USB port which is likely the fastest and it hit close to 300MBs/sec. Keep in mind, this is pictures with a few videos. Small files tend to be slower. Still, pretty good. A lot better than USB 1.0 days. For those curious, this is the enclosure I bought. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYLDM23M It is pretty nice. It is a sandwich type which I think is better than the slide on types. It comes with a cable that is USB type C with a type A adapter attached to the cable in case you don't have a type C plug. The adapter is permanently attached so you can't lose it but it is annoying at times. I have a caliper that measures depth. I measured to see if the thermal pads would make good contact with the enclosure. The pads that came with it was a little to thin. I added another piece to make sure it made good thermal contact. I think the piece I added was 0.5mm thick. It closes good but can tell it makes good contact with the pads. Idle, temp runs at 29C. When copying larger videos to it for at least a couple minutes, it rises to 33C and holds there. That's not bad at all. Oh, it has like a little spring mounted ball that holds the top shut. When closed, it stays closed. It actually takes some effort to open it up. It also has a small LED for power activity next to the USB port. On when powered and blinking for activity. When I buy the Samsung stick, I plan to get another adapter like this I think. I have another one that I might try. It is different so easier to tell the two apart. I'm glad I bought this. It is also helping me to be more comfortable with data storage and USB. A long time ago, I had bad problems with most storage connected to USB. I only trusted USB for my camera and such. It seems USB has improved, a LOT. Thanks to all for the info and help. This worked out pretty good. Dale :-) :-)
