Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting

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Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting

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Re:Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting
2020-06-12 22:06:39

@Tony 

 

The drive that does NOT work is 4TB exFAT. 

The same drive, in the same enclosure, worked when it was formatted HFS+. I had to reformat it since I couldn't write to it when it was formatted HFS+

The 4TB exFAT works fine on Mac machines when plugged directly to the machine (both Macbook Pro and iMac Pro).

 

I have tested another drive that is 8TB HFS+ which works fine (as read only).

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Re:Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting
2020-06-12 22:19:14

@airickm3 

 

My apologies, what is the model of the 4TB. Once I get that I will look into it to see what I can find.

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Re:Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting
2020-06-12 22:29:29

@Tony 

 

The enclosure is a OWC Mercury Elite Pro.

 

Inside is a WD Red drive.

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Re:Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting
2020-11-10 06:08:42

@airickm3 

 

Same issue here. I plugged in an external hard disk drive and then the A20 just started constantly and consistently power cycling.

 

Its a WD My Book 10TB with its own dedicated power supply. 

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Re:Archer A20 V3 Constantly Restarting
2020-11-10 16:09:13

@Syrak 

 

The problem was solved when I convereted the drive to NTFS. Kind of a drag since I'm entirely Mac but it seemed to be the only solution.

 

I now have a new issue with it, which is that I can't access the drive from machines running Catalina.

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