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[ronand]

I've a 2.5" inch HDD in mine

There is no slot in my H7S - the drive attaches to a mounting bracket like most receivers

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Edit: it seems there is a variant of the H7S that has a HDD slot but there is a 6.5mm limit in drive height. Thicker HDD drives can be fitted by removing the stb lid. Not ideal but it works.

[BrokenUnusableAccount]

My H7S takes a hdd in a slot and only accepts an SSD, normal 2.5 hdd wont fit in slot.

Where is this slot?

Maybe the thing with the slot on it is in the position where a normal hard drive normally goes, in which case you could remove it and put a hard disk drive in it's place.

My Zgemma H7S has a 2.5inch SATA hard disk drive in it, as fitted by World-of-Satellite.co.uk.

[BrokenUnusableAccount]

Edit: it seems there is a variant of the H7S that has a HDD slot but there is a 6.5mm limit in drive height. Thicker HDD drives can be fitted by removing the stb lid. Not ideal but it works.

7mm might make sense. Lots of 2.5 inch SATA SSDs are 7mm high, as are some HDDs.

[ronand]

I'd say zgemma binned the idea when it dawned on somebody that regular 7mm HDDs couldn't fit in the slot and reverted to the internal bracket like ours.

[BrokenUnusableAccount]

There's a slot on the front of the ZGemma H7, under the card slot, but AFAIK it's for a CAM, not an SSD or HDD.

[ronand]

No Brian - there was a batch with a slot on the back for HDD but the slot isn't deep enough for a regular 2.5" HDD. So they changed back to internal mounting.

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[malcolmp]

Hi, I've purchased a "NEWlink 4 Port USB2.0 Hub - PSU", Appears to work OK, All recordings are still there, and all the files on the HDD are still accessible. I thought about an internal HDD one, but i doubt i'd be able to fit it OK. Thanks for your helpful suggestion!

[Tkr001]

Hi, I've purchased a "NEWlink 4 Port USB2.0 Hub - PSU", Appears to work OK, All recordings are still there, and all the files on the HDD are still accessible. I thought about an internal HDD one, but i doubt i'd be able to fit it OK. Thanks for your helpful suggestion!

If you can use a screwdriver and press cables in you can fit it. Really it is very simple to do.

[malcolmp]

If you can use a screwdriver and press cables in you can fit it. Really it is very simple to do.

OK, maybe next time. ATM the box is already using an external 1TB HDD and the new hub cost £15 odd.