Warning on Chenbro ES34069 enclosure

germ · #1 03-04-2009, 03:15 AM

I just spent the last three hours troubleshooting a new Chenbro 4 bay enclosure, which seems to be a popular option for DYI NAS boxes.

Although the chassis is reasonably well built, I have found that the two bottom drives would not turn on. To make a long story short:
- make sure the MOLEX connectors on the backplane are pushed in all the way (you'll need to pull back the motherboard mount to access the backplane)
- when inserting the disk drives, make sure you give a firm push downwards. If you only push towards the back, that's not always enough to make good contact
- this one cost me some white hair.....one of the 4 SATA cables was defective.

corndog · #2 03-04-2009, 12:03 PM

I just got mine, and the drives work just fine. But I had a coronary when after all my hard work nothing would power up at all. I discovered that the big power cable that supplies main power to the motherboard was not plugged into the backplane. Connected it up, and *whew* everything was ok.

Heart rate is dropping nicely back below 300 now...

eon · #3 03-04-2009, 02:07 PM

Can you guys share price and/or link where you purchased the case?

thanks

corndog · #4 03-04-2009, 05:28 PM

NCIX.com - the best place I've found for purchasing cool stuff.

germ · #5 03-05-2009, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eon

Can you guys share price and/or link where you purchased the case?

thanks

eWiz. $154+CA tax+$25.50 shipping.

lip · #6 03-12-2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by germ

eWiz. $154+CA tax+$25.50 shipping.

Hi,
Where did you get that price...the link seems higher:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-34069

i guess that's USD as well.

LIP

boerner · #7 03-13-2009, 07:28 PM

Two more links for you...

http://www.logicsupply.com/products/es34069

http://www.provantage.com/chenbro-mi...0~7CHEN092.htm

germ · #8 03-17-2009, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lip

Hi,
Where did you get that price...the link seems higher:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-34069

i guess that's USD as well.

LIP

You are right. They have increased prices. These things vary almost daily.

And yes, that's US dollars. If you are trying to buy from outside the US, you will almost certainly end up paying more.