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Thought we should get a list together of tested and working hard drives. I'll start the ball rolling with the following: -
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 3.5" 7200 rpm 16MB Cache
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 Deskstar 5K1000 1000GB
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD502HI 500GB 5400rpm 16MB Cache
Samsung HD753LJ 750GB 3.5" 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung HD103UJ 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 32 MB Cache
Samsung HD103SI 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 32 MB Cache
Samsung HM100UI 1TB 2.5" 5400rpm 8MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen HD103SI 1TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F2 EcoGreen HD154UI 1,5TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung SpinPoint F3 EcoGreen HD105SI 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F4 EcoGreen HD204UI 2TB 3,5" 5400rpm 32 MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB ST32000541AS 5900rpm 32MB Cache
Seagate Pipeline 2 HD 1TB ST31000322CS 5900rpm 8MB Cache
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital AV-GP WD5000AVDS 500GB 3.5" 32MB Cache
Western Digital Green WD10EARS 1TB 3.5" 5400rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital Green WD20EARS 2TB 3.5" 5400rpm 64MB Cache
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB 2.5" 5400rpm
Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320GB 2.5" 5400rpm 8MB Cache
Western Digital WD3200BUDT 320GB 2.5" 5400rpm 32MB Cache
USB Drives:
Hitachi ME100STYLE 640GB 2.5" (works without external power supply)
Iomega Prestige 1.5TB (Samsung HD154UI inside)
Toshiba STORE alu 640 GB (works without external power supply)
Western Digital My Book 500AAV
Western Digital My Book Essential 1TB (WDBACW0010HBK)
Western Digital My Passport Essential 500GB
More hard drives added to the list.
More drives added to the list.
This SATA drive works fine with my CT ET9000:
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB Cache
This SATA drive works fine with my CT ET9000:
Western Digital AV-GP WD10EURS 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB Cache
Thanks, added to the list.
WDC WD20EVDS-63T
Power-saving Hard Drive
Formatted capacity 2,000,398 MB
Advanced Format (AF) No
Cache (MB) 32
Data transfer rate (max)
Buffer to host (SATA) 3 Gb/s
Host to/from drive (sustained) 110 MB/s
Rotational speed (RPM) IntelliPower
Average power requirements (W)
Read/Write 5.9
Idle 4.9
Standby 0.7
Sleep 0.7
Average acoustics (dBA)
Idle mode 25
Quiet seek mode 26
I canīt hear wether the drive is seeking or not.
WD20EARS working perfectly you need to use 2 jumpers to get it to work (5-6 + 7-8)
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/search/1/a_id/1679#jumper
Runs cool & very quiet on an external esata docking station
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1346&ID=1731
Anyone know if higher capacity drives could be partioned in future eg 3TB single to 2 x 1.5TB partitions?
Western Digital Caviar Green 2.0 Tb 3.5" 7200rpm
WD20EADS -00R6B0
works fine, doesn't initialise in stb, but formats fine with control centre.
Western Digital Caviar Green 2.0 Tb 3.5" 7200rpm
WD20EADS -00R6B0
works fine, doesn't initialise in stb, but formats fine with control centre.
What image did you test initializing with?
What image did you test initializing with?
Vix 2.2.0 m8.
Western Digital Caviar Green 2.0 Tb 3.5" 7200rpm
WD20EADS -00R6B0
works fine, doesn't initialise in stb, but formats fine with control centre.
Have you tried adding jumpers?
Have you tried adding jumpers?
No m8,
Just unwrappedd new drive and installed as I got it.
Had it all connected up and fitted back in my cabinet before I tried it.
Was too lazy take it back out, so tried "control centre" and that formatted fine and works fine, so that will do me. :D
Seagate Pipeline2 HD ex Sky HD+ 500Gb works fine
No m8,
Just unwrappedd new drive and installed as I got it.
Had it all connected up and fitted back in my cabinet before I tried it.
Was too lazy take it back out, so tried "control centre" and that formatted fine and works fine, so that will do me. :D
Ah right :D you do need to put the jumpers on the drive, if the future you wanted to format in the ET9000 ... see my earlier post
Ah right :D you do need to put the jumpers on the drive, if the future you wanted to format in the ET9000 ... see my earlier post
Cheers m8, will give it a go, when my cooling fan arrives from Ebay. :thumbsup:
Western Digital GREEN WD5000AADS 500GB 3.5" 32MB Cache
Working fine - no jumpers required
Has anyone actually written more than 1 TB to 1.5 TB or 2 TB drives?
I remember that people had problems with Vu+ Duo with larger than 1 TB drives: everything is working fine until you write more than 1 TB, then the trouble begins.
So I put 1 TB drive in my Duo to avoid such problems.
Now I am thinking about putting 1.5 or 2 TB into ET-9000.
i know one or two people with a 2tb drive in the box but partitioned in to two 1tb sections.
bassethound
19-09-11, 20:36
I have a 1.5 tb samsung F3 in my et9000 working fine
i had a samsung F4 in my duo that was 3/4 full then died the hdd was not partitioned
I just put Samsung F2 154UI 1.5 TB 5400 rpm into my new ET9000. Fine so far. Interesting what will happen when over 1 TB.
It successfully records channels that are no longer recorded for some reason by Vu+ Duo with 1 TB Samsung (for example, FoxNews). Most of the channels are still recorded by Duo, but for some reason now zero-length or very small size .ts files are consistently created for some channels.
I will try Eurosport 2 North East HD next - it has so many sound tracks and perhaps that's why it is not recorded by Duo (with a pretty old Open PLi image).
Foxnews was previously recorded without problems, but no longer - perhaps something changed in the broadcast and it can be handled by a newer VIX image.
Just installed a Seagate Desktop external drive 500gb ( model no. ST305004EXD101-RX ) in my new ET9000.
Formatted it on my pc but it would not work with the VIX_hd skin my et9000 kept hanging and wouldn,t boot up for some reason so i changed the skin to vali.hd.flex and it worked. :confused:
Anyway first impressions of the et9000 are very impressive. Much better than my DM800.
Tested Working on latest ViX image:
Western Digital Green WD20EARX 2TB 3.5" 7200rpm (IntelliPower) 64MB Cache
Just installed a Seagate Desktop external drive 500gb ( model no. ST305004EXD101-RX ) in my new ET9000.
Formatted it on my pc but it would not work with the VIX_hd skin my et9000 kept hanging and wouldn,t boot up for some reason so i changed the skin to vali.hd.flex and it worked. :confused:
Anyway first impressions of the et9000 are very impressive. Much better than my DM800.
Just an update on this...
I had no end of problems with this hard drive using the VIX image.
So i changed to the Clarke-Tech support V2 image and after lots of testing this hard drive works great on the CT image.
Just an update on this...
I had no end of problems with this hard drive using the VIX image.
So i changed to the Clarke-Tech support V2 image and after lots of testing this hard drive works great on the CT image.
Well if its initialized on the CT image it should work fine in the ViX image. Did you check mount manager in the the ViX image? Blue button > ViX > Mount manager.
Yes it mounted but whenever i recorded anything it would crash all the time.
Flashed the CT image and it hasn,t crashed once.
Yes it mounted but whenever i recorded anything it would crash all the time.
Flashed the CT image and it hasn,t crashed once.
Did you post the crashlogs?
No sorry the CT image solved my problems so i didn,t post here about it.
Just thought i would let people know if they use the same HD as me.
No sorry the CT image solved my problems so i didn,t post here about it.
Just thought i would let people know if they use the same HD as me.
how are we expected to fix or even know of peoples problems if they post but dont include crash logs ?.
No sorry the CT image solved my problems so i didn,t post here about it.
Just thought i would let people know if they use the same HD as me.
Would have been more helpful if you posted the crashlogs so we could have got to the bottom of your issue :rolleyes:
Ok will do next time....Sorry
how are we expected to fix or even know of peoples problems if they post but dont include crash logs ?.
CHillax m8. I didn,t post on here because i solved it myself!
CHillax m8. I didn,t post on here because i solved it myself!
Its not solved though is it, all you did was switch image. Chances are it wasn't mounted/initilized correctly, but never mind. If you use ViX again be sure to post the logs if it crashes again.
CHillax m8. I didn,t post on here because i solved it myself!
chillax ? i assure you i am very chilled. all i am saying is why make a post saying you have a problem with the vix image but not give us the logs so that we can investigate or potentially fix the problem ?. if people dont bother submitting crash logs there is nothing we can do to help.
Its not solved though is it, all you did was switch image. Chances are it wasn't mounted/initilized correctly, but never mind. If you use ViX again be sure to post the logs if it crashes again.
No problem boss! ;)
I can see, many friends have written problems, and would like to write and own the most mou.echo less disk seagate barracuda 3500413as who works regularly with all the image with kernel 2.6.x! unfortunately not even recognized by the system to make him mount ( or to be done automatically) in new 3.x.x kernel (new vix image too)! if I find time i will make an effort through the weekend and would like to be as much as possible prepared with ideas that maybe you could help solve the problem.
thanks for any help.
finaly the above disk,worked but only with vix 2.3 build 153 (isn't strange to work only in this)!
using one out of my ps3, a 160gb fujitsu
HDD - Western Digital WDC5000AACS-0
USB STICK - VERBATIM SOTRE 'N' GO 1GB
Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200rpm ST31000524AS works like a charm...
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