tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post6103953246090933041..comments2024-01-03T20:14:30.027-08:00Comments on ICY DOCK Community Blogs: ICY TIP: Expand your WD TV Storage Capacity with The ICY DOCK EnclosureICYDOCKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437797259284532424noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-13856223125557332702010-07-01T17:53:16.558-07:002010-07-01T17:53:16.558-07:00Hi Michael,
The maximum capacity is at least 2TB,...Hi Michael,<br /><br />The maximum capacity is at least 2TB, however it may be higher, especially with new 3TB drives starting to show up. I would advise contacting Western Digital for a definite answer.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Roland<br />Team Icy DockICYDOCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437797259284532424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-66693072191253107362010-06-30T20:25:15.662-07:002010-06-30T20:25:15.662-07:00hi sir,
just want to as.. for a WD TV, what is...hi sir,<br /> just want to as.. for a WD TV, what is the maximum capacity of a single enclosure for it to play the movies in it..?<br /><br />hope you could reply to my email michael_casiano@mailgateways.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-25156106248262480192009-12-04T17:40:22.321-08:002009-12-04T17:40:22.321-08:00Hi Rob,
1. To use this device with eSATA, you mus...Hi Rob,<br /><br />1. To use this device with eSATA, you must use an eSATA port that has a built in port multiplier. The enclosure lets 4 SATA connections go through a single eSATA, but your computer must be able to read those 4 connections. <br /><br />Most motherboards do not have port multiplication built in. The most common set up is to use a PCI Express card using Silicon Image or other chipset that supports port multiplication. Another word for this is multilane capability.<br /><br />2. As long as the firmware or device supports USB port multiplication, then yes, this will work. In other words, if the firmware lets you use a USB hub with up to 4 devices connected, it will be the same as connecting the MB561 that has 4 drives connected.<br /><br />3. Unfortunately the fan cannot be upgraded. However, I believe the reviews you are referring to are in regards to the old version of this. The power supply had a fan on it, and it was quite noisy. Our new version has a fanless power supply built in, and it is suprisingly quiet, even with 4 7200 RPM drives inside.<br /><br />And at this point, we do not have any plans to make this a NAS enclosure. It would require us to enter a brand new, and moreover, unfamiliar market. <br /><br />If you have further questions or concerns, please contact us using our tech support email address: tech@icydock.com.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Roland<br />Team Icy DockICYDOCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437797259284532424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-71155248075557148752009-12-02T17:44:07.540-08:002009-12-02T17:44:07.540-08:00Hi ICYguys,
I'd like to buy soon the MB561US-...Hi ICYguys, <br />I'd like to buy soon the MB561US-4S beast and fill it with 4x1Tb WD GreenPower drives, but I wanna ask three things first:<br />- the SATA multiplier thing scares me.. i read somewhere that the eSata port could not work with some motherboard! Is this true? I wanna just see 4 single drives on my desktop, no RAID or other fancy things;<br />- in you knowledge, does this 4bays beast work with devices such as Linksys NSLU2 (with unslung firmware, not the stock one)? I'd like to test it as Ethernet NAS;<br />- can the fan be updated with a Noctua or other silenced fan? I read online that the stock one is too much loud and that's no good for me! <br /><br />Thx for you support :) <br />PS. Do you plan to make a Gigabit Ethernet version of this beast?<br /><br />Regards,<br />RobRVFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178121697792530362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-77621703583850700062009-11-19T15:38:49.629-08:002009-11-19T15:38:49.629-08:00The enclosure does indeed have an 8TB capacity, ca...The enclosure does indeed have an 8TB capacity, capable of using a 2TB hard drive in each of its 4 bays.<br /><br />If you have further questions or concerns, please send them to tech@icydock.com<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Roland<br />Team Icy DockICYDOCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437797259284532424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32202894.post-29167136701822433752009-11-18T03:51:37.054-08:002009-11-18T03:51:37.054-08:00Here it's mentioned that the Icy Dock MB561US-...Here it's mentioned that the Icy Dock MB561US-4S has an 8TB capacity? From what I've read online it's only 4TB. Does anybody know what the true capacity is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com