WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Anybody using the Kingston G4 yet? The G3s are getting hard to find. http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-MobileLite-Multi-Function-FCR-MLG4/dp/B00KX4TORI Asked on Amazon and got: After consulting with Kingston Support, the answers are: 1) Yes. It has it's unique GUID 2) No, it cannot boot from any of the two ports Kingston Technology U.S. Sales Support - End User +1 (800) 835-6575 U.S./Canada Technical Support +1 (800) 435-0640 +1 (714) 435-2639 My experience with this one. 1. It does NOT have a unique GUID, Tom reported it as duplicate. 2. Boots from the SD card port. (at least on my HP Micro Servers). Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Blacklisted. Tom reports as non unique GUID: 14CD-121F-0000-121F20110712 Duracell SD Card Reader http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B003VQY40W?tag=mixtame-20Black Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Blacklisted Shows GUID is Blacklisted: 14CD-121C-0000-812320100708 SanDisk SDDR-121-A11M MobileMate Micro Memory Card Reader (Red/Black) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WR3Z3A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Has a messed up serial number. Unitek Micro SD card reader adapter with OTG USB 2.0 A male Micro USB B male Connector http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00NL43JAU?tag=mixtame-20 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Shows GUID is Blacklisted: 0BDA-0119-0090-815198100000 IOGEAR SD/MicroSD/MMC Card Reader/Writer GFR204SD (Green/Gray) http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0046TJG1U?tag=mixtame-20 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Not compatible with BIOS cannot boot. Not even detected by HP Microserver Bios. YMMV. Via dual boot means, Shows GUID is Blacklisted: 0BDA-0306-0000-201006010301 Rocketek USB Card Reader / Writer for SD/Micro SD/MMC memory card - (SD, SDXC, UHS-I SD, SDHC, Micro SD, Micro SDXC, Micro SDHC, MMC) http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00IX9ZDKC?tag=mixtame-20 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 UNKNOWN StarTech.com USB 3.0 External Flash Multi Media Memory Card Reader (FCREADMICRO3) http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B00DFVZOCA?tag=mixtame-20 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 UNKNOWN Anker® USB 3.0 Card Reader 8-in-1 for SDXC, SDHC, SD, MMC, RS-MMC, Micro SDXC, Micro SD, Micro SDHC Card, Support UHS-I Cards, http://www.amazon.com/Anker%C2%AE-Reader-RS-MMC-Support-Warranty/dp/B006T9B6R2/ref=pd_cp_pc_3 Quote Link to comment
nars Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 @WeeboTech: Seems like my post waked you up Btw, One more to the NO list: Samsung Electronics 16GB EVO Micro SDHC with USB 2.0 Reader Class 10 Memory Card http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JEVHZK4/ I own only one unit but did search on Google for it's serial and found it is not really unique, not even unique to these samsung readers apparently, the reader seems based on a realtek chip and there are a few other readers with same realtek chip and same same serial... Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Tom Reports non unique GUID: 8564-4000-0000-000000000039 TS-RDF5 Transcend Information USB 3.0 Card Reader (TS-RDF5K) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009D79VH4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 @WeeboTech: Seems like my post waked you up Yes, I wanted to post what I had before people wasted money. I have a new solution I'm working on that should satisfy all parties. I'll post when unRAID 6 is released. Quote Link to comment
nars Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 @WeeboTech: Seems like my post waked you up Yes, I wanted to post what I had before people wasted money. I have a new solution I'm working on that should satisfy all parties. I'll post when unRAID 6 is released. Yes, unfortunately seems a PITA to find an usable one Will be waiting your solution, thanks Quote Link to comment
rick.p Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Anybody using the Kingston G4 yet? The G3s are getting hard to find. http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-MobileLite-Multi-Function-FCR-MLG4/dp/B00KX4TORI Asked on Amazon and got: After consulting with Kingston Support, the answers are: 1) Yes. It has it's unique GUID 2) No, it cannot boot from any of the two ports Kingston Technology U.S. Sales Support - End User +1 (800) 835-6575 U.S./Canada Technical Support +1 (800) 435-0640 +1 (714) 435-2639 My experience with this one. 1. It does NOT have a unique GUID, Tom reported it as duplicate. 2. Boots from the SD card port. (at least on my HP Micro Servers). Ok, exactly the opposite of my experience (in the last 20 minutes), just received one from Amazon yesterday.. DOES boot from MicroSD port (Gigabyte MB) IS a registrable GUID (on v6b10a) Flash Vendor: Generic- Flash Product: USB3.0_CRW_-SD Flash GUID: 0BDA-0326-0000-xxxxxxxxxxxx Registered to: Unregistered Quote Link to comment
nars Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 rick.p: sure it is unique? it appears realtek based like the Samsung I did posted above... try an 'lsusb' to get the full serial from it (shown as 'iSerial'), because serial it's often partial on unraid guid, missing some digits at left... then search the full serial on Google, if you can find it then it is not unique and despite not yet blocked it may get blocked on the future... I did found mine on usbflashspeed.com, they seem to list details of a lot of flash drives / card readers, guess they build db automatically from some speed test tool... Quote Link to comment
rick.p Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I will and report back, but the question then. If I registered this now (since it shows it can be) then later it's decided that it's blocked... Would my registration key die? Server not start up? Quote Link to comment
nars Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 It should not stop working on an actual version you are running on your server, since AFAIK no online check is made at all, currently... but you may find it blocked later when you update to a new version... if that happens I believe that contacting Limetech and explaining the problem it may get solved asking to move that license to a different flash drive guid, since the same seems usually also possible even when a flash drive dies... but not an officially granted thing. Quote Link to comment
ysss Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I will and report back, but the question then. If I registered this now (since it shows it can be) then later it's decided that it's blocked... Would my registration key die? Server not start up? Hi Rick, so far so good with the G4? I'm looking to get another mobilelite (already have two G3s) but the G3s are not available anymore. PS: How does Tom know whether a GUID is unique or not? Buy more than one reader and compare? Quote Link to comment
sureguy Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I will and report back, but the question then. If I registered this now (since it shows it can be) then later it's decided that it's blocked... Would my registration key die? Server not start up? Hi Rick, so far so good with the G4? I'm looking to get another mobilelite (already have two G3s) but the G3s are not available anymore. PS: How does Tom know whether a GUID is unique or not? Buy more than one reader and compare? He'd know for sure if he ever got a request with a guid already in what I assume is a database of guids and licences Quote Link to comment
bnevets27 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 @WeeboTech: Seems like my post waked you up Yes, I wanted to post what I had before people wasted money. I have a new solution I'm working on that should satisfy all parties. I'll post when unRAID 6 is released. Since unRAID 6 is "close" to release any more info on what this new solution might be? Quote Link to comment
aptalca Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 PS: How does Tom know whether a GUID is unique or not? Buy more than one reader and compare? In some cases it is obvious because the guid will be mostly zeros. So he'll reject them right away. But in some cases the guid may look legitimate so Tom will allow the registry of the first one, and when the second request comes for the same guid, it is rejected So if you buy a brand new reader and are the first to register you might get lucky Quote Link to comment
PeterB Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Anybody using the Kingston G4 yet? The G3s are getting hard to find. http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-MobileLite-Multi-Function-FCR-MLG4/dp/B00KX4TORI Asked on Amazon and got: After consulting with Kingston Support, the answers are: 1) Yes. It has it's unique GUID 2) No, it cannot boot from any of the two ports Kingston Technology U.S. Sales Support - End User +1 (800) 835-6575 U.S./Canada Technical Support +1 (800) 435-0640 +1 (714) 435-2639 I saw this reply on Amazon, so purchased two of these. They both have the same, non-zero, GUID. I'll not even bother trying to register with Tom! Quote Link to comment
NAS Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 It seems LT now officially say not to use a card reader. http://lime-technology.com/hardware-recommendations/#usbflash "and not using a card reader." Given how surprisingly hard it has been to find a perfect candidate for it this does not surprise me. Perhaps we can discuss this new wording here, specifically to clear up that it is a recommendation only and what this means for this mini project and current reader users. (I suspect this will just be a recommendation etc etc but we should make sure since its on the official site and not the wiki or forum). Quote Link to comment
bnevets27 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well I was talking to Tom via email and brought up the fact that I would prefer to use a USB card reader. And he gave me a link to one that he said a customer had used successfully. So I would assume he's still ok with us using them. But like NAS said it's hard to find any that have a unique GUID. Quote Link to comment
NAS Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Can you please share that link because if there is one officially supported one thats the one this thread should recommend. Quote Link to comment
3605481mah Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I use a Kingston FCR-HS3 successfully. The serial no of the thing can be found in the GUID. Dan Quote Link to comment
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