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Review on πŸ”§ UCTRONICS Ultimate Raspberry Pi 4 Rack: 19" 1U Rackmount with OLED Display, Power Switch, Cooling Fan & All IO on One Side by Rodney Bullock

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Slightly sensitive UPDATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

I have 4 of these to port a Raspberry Pi-4B to USB/SSD, I also have a UCTRONICS Ultimate POE Rack. While I'm generally happy with this whole configuration, I've found that the cables can all be a bit sensitive to even the slightest movement, causing them to lose connection with the device. I 3D printed a support/stopper for a SATA cable, fixing issues with hidden connections moving/disconnecting unintentionally while working on the back of a network rack. I monitor USB patch cords to make sure they are still sensitive to working in a network rack. I was able to reproduce errors on several Raspberry Pi and UCTRONICS SATA SSD adapters, but could not find the same problem with other SSD devices or with a Corsair SSD connected via another vendor's SATA SSD adapters, also su I su It's a weird incompatibility, so I stopped using the Corsair SSD and haven't seen any problems since. Update: I no longer see problems with the USB/SSD connections, so I have to assume the cable tension worked. I really found a problem when I added another Raspberry Pi 4B. It seems that the board gap is very small and some solder points on the frame are shorted causing some weird power issues. I cut off all the soldering points of the Raspberry Pi as much as possible and no see no more problems. Like others I found the fans to be a bit noisy so I replaced them with a version I used with some other Raspberry Pi cases and although the fan size was larger I was able to 3D print a fan cover which allowed me to add it and reduce noise to an acceptable level. I still love the product for how it cleaned up my Raspberry Pi farm.

Pros
  • VISIBLE: 0.91 inch OLED screen, the first line shows the IP address and the second line goes through three lines: temperature and CPU usage, SD card memory usage and memory usage. You can also program it to show something else.
Cons
  • Doubtful