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External drive not working on popcorn hour

iMax · 2010-10-21 20:21:10

Guys, those of you with popcorn hours (A110). I can plug a USB key into any one of the two ports & it indexes & plays no problem. I tried it with a 200GB powered external drive as well as a 500GB usb powered & self powered & I get a very brief "USB Failed" message flashing up & it won't read. I've tried the drives…

21-10-2010 8:21pm

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iMax

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Guys, those of you with popcorn hours (A110).

I can plug a USB key into any one of the two ports & it indexes & plays no problem. I tried it with a 200GB powered external drive as well as a 500GB usb powered & self powered & I get a very brief "USB Failed" message flashing up & it won't read.

I've tried the drives connected to my mac & macbook & no problems. Any ideas ?

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#2 26-10-2010 1:08pm

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You might be better off looking for an answer here!

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#3 27-10-2010 9:22am

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What format is the drive? FAT32 and EXT3 should work fine but many media players dont like NTFS.

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