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NVMe Base Duo for Raspberry Pi 5 Reviews

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A well designed dual NVMe board for the raspberry Pi 5. Very happy with my purchase.
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Posted 8 months ago
I had a simple one slot nvme plate for a nvme drive and wanted to use the new AI chip, so I searched for dual slot board. This dual board supporta me nvme and the Hailo 8L chip with no problems at all and let's me boot from the nvme drive. It works really well and is also good for bottom mounted use, since the cooler somewhat needed and too large. The cable could be a bit longer, since it limits any possible mounting of extra cooling on the nvme or the ai chip, but a few thermal pads stacked will do just enough
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Posted 11 months ago
Paul Smedley
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Easy peasy to setup and works a treat, booting off a 256GB NVME drive, with a 4TB NVME drive as the 'duo' part. Now powered via PoE with a waveshare PoE HAT I purchased separately. Quick delivery from the UK to AU as well!
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Posted 11 months ago
Iyarthevan Muthu
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There are two problems 1. raspberry pi 5; It shows solid red on/off button on web site form Many customers complain no action or report on web site. 2. Because this raspberry pi 5 the NVMe base Duo circuits become faulty. I appreciate immediately responding and replacement , many people why this happening raspberry pi 5 circuit board this permanent circuit faults or it need temporary fix. This not explained to customer. Well done immediate respond Iyar muthu
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Posted 11 months ago
It does what I wanted which was to run OMV without an SD card. My only complaint is the PCIe cable. It goes over the SD card slot on the RPi5. I still need the card to setup the OS. The single Pimoroni card did not have this design issue. I wish Pimoroni would come out with a case hopefully with fans for the NVMe. When copying files I've seen disk temperatures reported by OMV over 70C.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Posted 1 year ago
There's no documentation regarding larger NVME's. I have two 2TB NVMEs and it looks like there's not enough power. I see the 5V and ground pads but not sure if I should use them. Why are they pads and not an easy connection like a barrel fitting or JST? I submitted a help request.
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Posted 1 year ago
Simple install, great storage performance, and a free slot for my future plans...
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Posted 1 year ago