Can't Format Disk: StarTech.com USB 3.1 Gen 2 Enclosure

[F1234567]

Hello friends. I'm having trouble with the StarTech external enclosure. I keep getting errors while formatting. I have posted a screenshot of this and the error detail in text below. At first the enclosure lights up as if the disk is being used, but after a minute the light goes off and the formatting window in Disk Utility seems to hang. Left long enough, I see the following errors. I would love to hear from anyone else that encountered this, and whether they got their enclosure working.



Format/Erase Detail:

Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Waiting for partitions to activate
Formatting disk2s2 as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) with name Untitled
newfs_hfs: WriteBuffer: pwrite(3, 0x101b08000, 1048576, 52432896): Resource busy
newfs_hfs: write (sector 102408): Invalid argument
Mounting disk
Could not mount disk2s2 after erase
File system formatter failed.
Operation failed…

Other detail:

• Tried with 2 brand new drives, same problem
• 7/8/9 Series USB Support is installed via Multibeast
• Increase Mac Port Limit is installed via Multibeast

Here is my system information showing the device is connected to USB 3.1 (as far as I can tell).

Update:

I find that I am able to format disks correctly with USB 3.0 ports, but not the USB 3.1 ports. I am using an Z170MX-Gaming 5 motherboard.

 

[BreBo]

• 7/8/9 Series USB Support is installed via Multibeast
• Increase Mac Port Limit is installed via Multibeast

I am using an Z170MX-Gaming 5 motherboard.

Why did you install 7/8/9 Series USB Support while you have a 100 Series system?

 

[F1234567]

Thanks for responding Brebo. I was following along with this video which said this was the way to get USB 3.0 working:

I guess you are saying I can remove 7/8/9 in Multibeast and things should be ok?

 

[BreBo]

I guess you are saying I can remove 7/8/9 in Multibeast and things should be ok?

Check the [Guide] 10.11+ USB changes and solutions and the Specific Recommendations (100-series) section.

 

[F1234567]

Thanks Brebo, I will look into that later.