The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/mdknight666 on 2024-12-10 08:08:23.

I have an old mediasonic probox 4bay hfr2 3s2, and noticed that there is no true power switch (it’s some kind of electrical relay instead of a mechanical switch), and I can’t change the fan speed after it’s plugged into a PC, but if I disconnect the usb cord the manual fan switch button works. Another thing is that I noticed I can’t eject the drives, unlike my other storage boxes from sans digital, etc.

I found this quite risky as I don’t like to power on my drives unecessarily, and I like to power them down when not in use.

I noticed mediasonic has a new box design released in thr last 2 years. Did they improve on this, besides the usb 3.2 speeds?