If you're able to MacGyver the thing, eSATAp has a dual voltage spec and connector.
The hollowed out DVD area of the laptop could be replaced with a panel to which you'd connect a dual voltage eSATAp connector. You'd probably be able to grab 12 volts from somewhere within the laptop. Then...
Startech used to have a decent external 2 bay tray-style enclosure with an independent eSata port for each drive and a 100mm fan, but it is long discontinued.
All I can think of off hand (with an independent eSata port for each drive) is something in the CRU line. Something like the...
I couldn't find any devices featuring the ASM1351 that have the 4k sector re-emulation feature. One OEM offered to make a custom firmware for the ASM1351 with the feature, but only if I pre-ordered several hundred enclosures.
I found enough ASM1153E devices with the 4k sector re-emulation...
In the past, I've used Asmedia's ASM1051(E) and ASM1053(E) USB 3.0 bridge chipsets for 4k sector re-emulation when (for whatever reason) I've needed to format a 2.19TB+ drive using MBR rather than GPT.
Several bridge boards from the era in which the 1051 and 1053 were popular offered firmware...
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