Has anyone tried connecting a USB flash drive to the dock usb port? Can't seem to recognize my SanDisk Cruzer and I don't have other sticks to test it with atm... When plugged in the stick is powered but there is no external memory connected notification. The drive connects fine to everything else and is formatted Fat32. Also other usb devices such as my wireless mouse work perfect with the dock.
I read some stuff on microsd cards acting up, could this be a related issue?
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Has anyone tried connecting a USB flash drive to the dock usb port? Can't seem to recognize my SanDisk Cruzer and I don't have other sticks to test it with atm... When plugged in the stick is powered but there is no external memory connected notification. The drive connects fine to everything else and is formatted Fat32. Also other usb devices such as my wireless mouse work perfect with the dock.
I read some stuff on microsd cards acting up, could this be a related issue?
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Just tested an old Sandisk Cruzer 4GB and it worked fine...
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My 64gb Corsair and 32gb work just fine. both are usb 3.0
The issue should be the USB drive's format - ie NTFS, FAT32 or whatever
I think FAT32 works fine with Android. Can anyone confirm?
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FAT32 and exFAT work flawlessly. NTFS is recognised, but gave me at least a few sudden reboots.
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Wanted to ask those who already have their tablet and dock whether you can plug a USB external HDD (without its own power) into the USB port and use it, or whether external HDD need to have their own power supply? Does the USB port on the dock provide enough power to external HDD?
yes, I've got a 500GB passport and it works great, I stor my movies on it and had no problem playing directly from the hard drive
sapiers said:
yes, I've got a 500GB passport and it works great, I stor my movies on it and had no problem playing directly from the hard drive
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Thats brilliant news as I have a passport drive as well....just waiting for my dock now.
and it can read and write to ntfs formatted drives. so no 4gb limit.
yep..my western digital portable works perfect on TF.. not sure about those requires additional powers..but it makes sense they should work well too
sweet, i was worried that the dock wouldn't provide enough power to my passport. Man i love those little drives
I've got a simpletech 160GB formatted NTFS and can't find it on the USB port. Any help?
Thanks.
I was able to get my Seagate Freeagent GO drive to work perfectly through the keyboard dock. In fact, I had an SD card, USB mouse and external HD all going at the same time
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What would be the difference between a 3.0 usb drive and a 2.0 usb drive? I think the usb ports on the TF are 3.0. TIA - sheureka
interesing.. I can power the drive fine (which is more than I can do from some of the usb ports on my desktop ).
usb 3 seems to have more connections and more power... i noticed that the ps for the tf is 15v vs 5v for standard usb.. I don't know about speed differences though. there are some threads on blown ps's with extension cables too so there is something specific here.
so. i think it's great that the usb here can power a hdd!
Its running usb 2.0
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Need to be careful. Many people are using USB connectors to do things that are very different than spec. Bottom line a physical USB connector may not have USB signals & power on it.
I think it's the drive as it runs fine on my computer, reformatted it NTFS, and even with plugged into both usb ports it still doesn't read in the TF.
USB powers it, tried usb mouse okay, sd card in kb is fine too.
I don't have a problem getting another hdd (maybe one listed here as working).
any other thoughts appreciated.
I am having a similar problem with a WD 500GB and an Oyen esata/USB 2.0 enclosure. Drive works fine on powered USB 2.0 port on my laptop, but not on the Transformer. The drive powers on, the Removable Storage notification flashes, but the drive is not recognized.
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What would be the difference between a 3.0 usb drive and a 2.0 usb drive? I think the usb ports on the TF are 3.0. TIA - sheureka
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Speed and power required. USB 3 is a lot faster.
USB 2.0 ~60MB/sec
USB 3.0 up to 640MB/sec
Prime 1.5 solved the problem. Apparently some custom kernels cannot handle NTFS.
my transformer would freeze if I tried plugging in a drive with multiple partitions, not sure how many partitions it supports formatted the drive to one partition and all is well
I have a Maxtor 3200 Personal storage 500GB with own power supply and it works.
I also have a Seagate 1TB Expansion Portable drive USB2.0 powered and this also works.
Powers up hdd but no recognition
TF101 3.2.1 Build HTK7.US_epad-8.6.5.13 stock
I am having similar issues as Adam. I have a 1TB Buffalo Ministation. My win vista pc also didn't see it initially... had to download the driver. Then I formatted it with a 32GB FAT32 partition and did the rest NTFS. My dvd player couldn't see the NTFS so I tried it to exFAT. Took all night, and still no compatibility (had to try). So now I formatted it back to NTFS. The transformer hasn't been able to recognize it in any formatted format. Not even the FAT32 bit. But it does power it nicely.
Hope someone has a trick up their sleeve, this little hdd is so portable!
SOLVED! I plugged it in on the other side (which is the left side of the dock) and VOILA! I have NTFS and the partitioned FAT32 access. How nice Now to figure out if I can somehow use it without the dock.....
I have a 2.5" 750gb Seagate Momentus HDD and a 2.5" 120gb OCZ Vertex 3 SSD both can be powered just fine by the TF. Using the Vertex 3 drive uses less power than my Seagate Momentus because there are no moving parts so I prefer it.
Incidentally, the TF uses USB 2.0 ports, not 3.0. You can use a USB 3.0 cable as it is backward compatible to 2.0. My Vertex 3 has a USB 3.0 type interface on the external enclosure it's housed in but it kicks back to 2.0 speeds while plugged into the TF which is more than enough while watching movies from it.
Here the next press release for the ASUS Transformer. This will definetely attract a some people to this wonderful tablet:
http://androidcommunity.com/asus-eee-pad-transformer-with-android-3-1-supports-xbox-360-and-ps3-controllers-for-gaming-20110531/
What is the wire hooked into? the USB port on the keyboard?
If it's to the USB on the keyboard, I wonder if this would work if you tried to connect this to the MicroSD slot: MicroSD to USB adapter
it wont work with that SD to USB adapter as the micro SD drivers are expecting memory, not a data stream from a controller (note it is for connecting a storage device through microsd nothing more).
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is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Goto youtube and search Asus Transformer - USB, Wireless Mouse, SD Card, External HD
I'm using the Logitech M570 wireless trackball. As far as external HD, I was able to insert a usb flash drive and it recognized it right away.
I tested my TF with a 500 GB portable HD (Western Digital) today, and it worked flawlessly. I was initially unsure if the tablet would be able to power the HD, but no probs on that count.
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is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Yes, just plug it in and it should be detected without any problem. I have a 500GB 2 1/2 inch external drive with a single usb lead which provides power and data and it worked first time and works great for viewing larger hd movies that would be impractical to store on microsd.
Im assuming you mean an external Hard Drive or do you just have an internal drive you want to connect?
Mark.
it recognized for like half a second
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it recognized for like half a second
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What type of external HardDrive are you trying to connect (2.5inch or 3.5inch)?
Which file system is it formatted with?
Mark.
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it recognized for like half a second
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If your form factor is 2.5 inch then you power it by the USB
If it's a 3.5 you'll have to power it externally via it's supplied power cable
I use a Seagate 1tb 2.5 and it doesn't matter if i format to HTFS or FAT32 it all works good
My micro SD cards are only recognised if formated to FAT32
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is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Lots of posts on success doing this. search>
unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs
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unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs
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Why are you unable to format to Fat32?
Mark.
i tried something else and now i can format ntfs and exfat
but ex fat also wont read on the tf
thanks for all the help
i install] Netformer...eating all the pies, Testing: 1.5
and formatted my hdd to ntfs
and it is opening up on my TF
Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you
braudia said:
Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you
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Try it and see
Mark.
Im just hoping to get a usb adapto an be able to connect a hd directly to my tablet...
For movies in the road
I can get my dog to walk on his hind legs. It's amusing but has no practical purpose, such as you are suggesting.
Paper that comes with USB adapter states 'flash memory up to 32gb formatted fat32' not tried anything else yet...
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Got new TF700T 64GB. Trying all the features to ensure my unit is fine and come across one issue.
Inserting Apacer 2GB micro SD into Apacer SD card adaptor slot in dock and will not read. Comes up for a second reading but will not mount. Tried normal full size SD card in slot and works fine. Also tried taking Micro SD out of adaptor and putting into Micro SD slot in tablet and reads fine. Upgraded to .26 and same issue. Guess the Micro SD adaptor is faulty? It works fine in PC and other devices. Anyone else experienced same issue with SD Adaptors with Micro SD inserted into SD slot in dock?
I think my unit is fine and no need to return.. Thoughts?
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yeah, it might just be the adapter. try with a different one. i had a 64gb micro in an adapter and it worked just fine.
I've had a microSD to SD adapter once that worked fine in my computer and my wife's laptop but nowhere else. That turned out to be caused, in all probability, due to some contacts being out of line and seemingly the contacts on our own systems were screwed up as well. The fact that it reads correctly in the main unit itself does suggest the fault lies somewhere in the adapter and not in your system.
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Just tested my Sandisk 16gb MicroSD card in an adapter in the dock SD slot and it worked fine.
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Thanks guys!
Hello everyone..
Has anyone tried 1TB hdd (with external power) with our note? Is it compatible?
What is maximum capacity hdd we can connect with our note 10.1?
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Hello everyone..
Has anyone tried 1TB hdd (with external power) with our note? Is it compatible?
What is maximum capacity hdd we can connect with our note 10.1?
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I have the Toshiba 1TB external that connects with other tabs (no external power). The Note 10.1 "tries" but fails. Perhaps a power issue as this drive has connected with android tabs in the past.
I'vegot an old Buffalo DriveStation 1TB drive. It's an externally powered 3.5" disk with a USB 2 interface. Just tried it and it works really well. Films stream very smoothly and theres no delay in accessing files.
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Hello.
I have Samsung S2 1TB USB2 NTFS, works fine :good: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S2-USB-Powered-Portable-Midnight/dp/B003UT2QTQ
Op I dont know if u realize u can't read an ntfs formatted drive out the box. Get rooted and dl ntfs mounting app. Or just search the forums
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I have the Toshiba 1TB external that connects with other tabs (no external power). The Note 10.1 "tries" but fails. Perhaps a power issue as this drive has connected with android tabs in the past.
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I possibly have the same drive. The only way I can use it is to use a usb 'Y' cable which has 2 usb plugs and 1 usb socket, you plug the hard drive into the socket, one plug goes to the tab and the other one goes to an external usb power supply i.e., laptop or usb mains power adapter. If you can't find one they're easy enough to make, just google it.
From what I understand, our Tabs don't supply enough power to run high power devices such as most usb hard drives.
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