How to convert your Seagate to 4KN Advanced Format on Windows

WARNING: Some people reported bricked disks with this process, read this thread carefully before proceeding. If you own a Seagate Exos (in my case, X16), the drive usually comes pre-formatted with 512E sectors, but does support 4KN Advanced format. While the performance advancements of this conversion are unproven, I thought I’d do it just for… Continue reading How to convert your Seagate to 4KN Advanced Format on Windows

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ReFS with Integrity Streams on Windows 11 – Can it be trusted?

NOTE: Chris Hill wrote a very detailed post on Reddit with more information on ReFS with integrity streams, and also created a pretty impressive automated PowerShell script. His results are very concerning, and I’d advise to not trust ReFS until further notice. I will be redoing my testing and will update the post once we… Continue reading ReFS with Integrity Streams on Windows 11 – Can it be trusted?

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How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware

I recently purchased some of these Seagate Enterprise drives, and looks like they shipped with the SN02 Firmware. Upgrading on Windows is quite easy. Just be aware I tested with the drives still clean, while not in RAID. If you were to run this on a live array, I strongly recommend doing one disk at… Continue reading How to Flash the Seagate Exos X16 from the SN02 to SN03 or SN04 Firmware

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Custom Supports on Meshmixer

The issue Sometimes it can be quite challenging to print a part. Take sweetie’s head, for example: This is quite a difficult print. If you try to use Slic3r’s support, you end up with something like this: Here is how much filament you’d use: The Solution Fortunately, you can use custom supports on meshmixer to… Continue reading Custom Supports on Meshmixer

Bleeding Issues with E3D Lite6

The Issue I noticed severe bleeding issues with the E3D Lite6 when combined with a multicolor device, like the Mosaic Palette. The Palette allows you to print in 4 colors instead of 1, opening up a world of possibilities: I fully calibrated the Mosaic Palette, and although it seemed spot on, I noticed a very… Continue reading Bleeding Issues with E3D Lite6