BorisB
I too am having problems connecting external USB drives to my EE.
I have successfully connected USB flash drive to the EE - not a problem. However, I've tried different things to connect USB HDDs without success. Wondering how you/others succeeded doing this?!?!
- My WD/HDD passport is 160GB USB powered (no provision for external power) - model WD1600U17-004
- FAT32 formatted (have also tried NTFS also without success).
- 160G capacity, single partition - have tried 32G partion also w/o success
When I connect the USB/HDD the LED comes on (flickers high low - whatever that means in WD language), I can hear the hard drive armature doing something but EE does not recognize it.
I spoke w/ EE 1st tier customer support - they say I need a "Y" cable which virtually defeats EE's portability.
Have read others successfully connecting external USB/HDDs. Can someone please elaborate...
What USB/HDDs appear to work?
External power needed/applied?
"Y" cable needed?
Any/all assistance appreciated.
Thx
Attila
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Originally Posted by borisb
Yes, any external USB drive will work. The small portable ones are best as most don't require an AC adapter to work with the eDGe (for example, the Western Digital Passport drives). If your drive comes with a Y cable, you'll probably need to plug it into both USB ports to provide sufficient power to the drive. Some forum members have reported that some small portable drives do need separate AC power to run, but I can vouch that the WD Passport ones don't.
Bear in mind that external drives will reduce the battery runtime of the eDGe.
You may want to consider large USB memory sticks instead - something like a 32 Gb or 64 Gb one. These don't draw the same amount of power as a hard drive.
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