usb external hard drive

[naveed1111]

Hi,
I have dm800 hd running on Gemini 5.1 and usb hard drive (WD elements SE 500GB).i can coonect hard drive to my laptop and it work fine but when i connect to dreambox the light keeps blinking and box doesn't recognise the hd. i have tried different suggestion from DK and other forums also tried different images with no luck.
It seems like hd is not getting full power from dreambox usb port.
Any suggestions apart from selling it on e..bay and buy the external power one ..and help .....please
Thanks

[naveed1111]

Anyone ??????????????

[Rodbouy]

What format is it in? Have you formatted it to fat 32?

[dibble]

It seems like hd is not getting full power from dreambox usb port

Sounds entirely possible, though you'd expect to hear the drive start to spin-up, click, then power down - and repeat that continuously (at least that's what one of mine did on an insufficiently powered laptop). A single USB port is not spec'd to provide all the power that a drive could need from a single port. That's why most USB-powered drives come with a cable that has 2 USB connectors at the "computer" end. Maybe the DM isn't designed to supply the full-spec power from its USB ports?

Alternatively, the drive might not be in a format that the DM recognises.

[andy91]

Probably not drawing enough power from the usb.
Most go with the internal sata drive.
Thats also a good hd if you decide to mod your Wii

Andy.

[southpaw]

You can connect it with double ended usb lead. Connect to both usb outputs on dm and single end to hdd. May give it enough power then
Edit. As dibble pointed out above

[naveed1111]

Thanks for all suggestions. i did formated it to FAT32, EXT2 AND EXT3 ..but no luck.
as mentioned not enough power from usb port as i can hear tick tick sound coming from drive which shows is try to spin but
lack of power. try your suggestion dabbie and post the result. but i have to find the cable.
thanks all

[helicon20]

you need to install first inside 2.5" sata HDD then you can use usb HDD

[naveed1111]

thanks for that, but the point is if i install internal then no need of external one.one hd is enough for me. but still i will give it a go to see outcome.