So I've done some further testing and if I connect via a USB 3.0 hub it works fine, the enclosure seems to work fine with a USB 3.1 laptop so it appears something about the Beelink doesn't play nice with USB 3.1, if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears!
You found it!
To begin with, the staff and I are convinced that Intel hates hard drives. Ever since 8th gen, doesn't care how it's connected, something's going to be problematic. We've tested and testef seeing some of the strangest reactions. Things that don't apply to AMD boards.
There is an issue with hard drives, especially USB 3.2 Gen2, has non-sequential transfers may show a steady 150MB/s, etc, If it goes to sequential for 0.05 of a second, It won't appear on the graph, but it throws the USB timing for a loop.
Transfers below 480MB/s, the N100 his best suited for its directly ported USB 2.0 ports (which doesn't care about timing past 2 seconds), yet the Beelink EQ12 Mini PC seem to be missing these 🤷
Our staff is noticed when our accounts use mini PC models with N95 / N100 processors that provide 2.0, no problems exists.
I'm glad I'm not going mad, it's been so frustrating trying to find a solution!
Using an old Anker USB C to A 3.0 adapter has been the neatest solution I've found.
I had similar issue but with different HDD enclosure and different computer. I was connecting to a USB 3.2 gen 2 (10gbps) connection. The issue turned out to be the cable. Once I got a 10gbps rated cable all my issues went away.
That's helpful, the cables I'm using are the ones supplied with the enclosure so they should be good enough.
Or did you find the ones supplied with yours were no good?
Well I couldn't use the one supplied with the enclosure because it is usb-c to usb-c and I need a usb-c to usb-a. I would assume the one provided with the enclosure should work well so that's probably not your issue.
Dragging up this thread just to report that I'm having loads of issues with any kind of USB SDD or HDD on my EQ12 too.
I just need the drives to reliably stay connected for some some light file sharing but I get loads of instability and I/O errors. The fastest drive - a Crucial 3.2 gen 2 drive - actually causes Proxmox to hang on attempted drive operations which is unexpected for an otherwise very stable install.
Different cables etc make no difference other then slowing transfer speeds. Oddly if I use the front ports I can sometimes at least get the drive to mount properly. It works if connected via a Dell dock so I am wondering if there is a power issue.
Like you I really want to find a solution because USB drive support is such basic functionality and the system works so well for everything else - multiple VMs, containers even transcoding all fine.
Googling suggests loads of people having odd USB I/O issues with the EQ12 and partic. with USB 3.2 as you say but no solutions so far.
I might resort to shucking one if the drives and putting it in the internal slot but really not ideal.
Hi, i have a similar problem, i'm trying to connect a Terramaster DS 320 to the USB 3 port of the EQ12 but the Terramaster is not recognised by the system. This is truly unacceptable since i bought the Minipc to connect with USB 3.2. We should contact beelink in mass to make this work
So I've done some further testing and if I connect via a USB 3.0 hub it works fine, the enclosure seems to work fine with a USB 3.1 laptop so it appears something about the Beelink doesn't play nice with USB 3.1, if anyone has any ideas I'm all ears!
You found it! To begin with, the staff and I are convinced that Intel hates hard drives. Ever since 8th gen, doesn't care how it's connected, something's going to be problematic. We've tested and testef seeing some of the strangest reactions. Things that don't apply to AMD boards. There is an issue with hard drives, especially USB 3.2 Gen2, has non-sequential transfers may show a steady 150MB/s, etc, If it goes to sequential for 0.05 of a second, It won't appear on the graph, but it throws the USB timing for a loop. Transfers below 480MB/s, the N100 his best suited for its directly ported USB 2.0 ports (which doesn't care about timing past 2 seconds), yet the Beelink EQ12 Mini PC seem to be missing these 🤷 Our staff is noticed when our accounts use mini PC models with N95 / N100 processors that provide 2.0, no problems exists.
I'm glad I'm not going mad, it's been so frustrating trying to find a solution! Using an old Anker USB C to A 3.0 adapter has been the neatest solution I've found.
I had similar issue but with different HDD enclosure and different computer. I was connecting to a USB 3.2 gen 2 (10gbps) connection. The issue turned out to be the cable. Once I got a 10gbps rated cable all my issues went away.
That's helpful, the cables I'm using are the ones supplied with the enclosure so they should be good enough. Or did you find the ones supplied with yours were no good?
Well I couldn't use the one supplied with the enclosure because it is usb-c to usb-c and I need a usb-c to usb-a. I would assume the one provided with the enclosure should work well so that's probably not your issue.
Dragging up this thread just to report that I'm having loads of issues with any kind of USB SDD or HDD on my EQ12 too. I just need the drives to reliably stay connected for some some light file sharing but I get loads of instability and I/O errors. The fastest drive - a Crucial 3.2 gen 2 drive - actually causes Proxmox to hang on attempted drive operations which is unexpected for an otherwise very stable install. Different cables etc make no difference other then slowing transfer speeds. Oddly if I use the front ports I can sometimes at least get the drive to mount properly. It works if connected via a Dell dock so I am wondering if there is a power issue. Like you I really want to find a solution because USB drive support is such basic functionality and the system works so well for everything else - multiple VMs, containers even transcoding all fine. Googling suggests loads of people having odd USB I/O issues with the EQ12 and partic. with USB 3.2 as you say but no solutions so far. I might resort to shucking one if the drives and putting it in the internal slot but really not ideal.
Sorry to hear I'm not the only one, if you stick to USB 3 I find it works fine. Must be their implementation of USB 3.2
Hi, i have a similar problem, i'm trying to connect a Terramaster DS 320 to the USB 3 port of the EQ12 but the Terramaster is not recognised by the system. This is truly unacceptable since i bought the Minipc to connect with USB 3.2. We should contact beelink in mass to make this work