Bus-powered EHDs that work

[Tampa8]

If you use a bus powered EHD you will go blind. Oh wait, that's something else......
? I must admit I have seen many posts where a bus powered EHD worked, and not many or any posts where it ruined anything. Next time I see a really good deal on one that works for others I'll try it.

 

[slick1ru2]

Been using this 1TB Seagate drive for a year with my vip612, no problems. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008R7FC74 Now let me add that I use it with a powered hub. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006TIA8Y/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and that I use a DJ power switch with several other HDDs. What I do is hit the switch on the drive I want to watch. For this one, I turn off all the HDD. That hub can be powered or not, I have it powered.

 

[dare2be]

I miss the days when I could get a 2TB EHD for $70.

 

[3HaloODST]

If anyone is concerned about the power draw, can always add a powered USB hub.

 

[harshness]

Now let me add that I use it with a powered hub.

That's clearly cheating.

 

[slick1ru2]

That's clearly cheating.

If its good enough for OKL State...

 

[whatchel1]

I bought a Western Digital My Passport 500GB bus-powered disk (Walmart closout $26.83 ) model number WDBKXH5000ABK-01 that has been working for nearly a week on my 612. I moved about 20 hrs of programs onto it, played some of them back from it, and moved them back to the receiver. Zero issues.

Earlier I had cobbled together a Crucial 250GB SSD with an external case and that also worked.

I would think that an SSD would have no problem ever but the problem w/a standard HDD is the fact you have to power a motor that will need a power "kick" some of the time to keep the speed up.

 

[TheKrell]

I would think that an SSD would have no problem...

Yup. From post #1:

Earlier I had cobbled together a Crucial 250GB SSD with an external case and that also worked.

Some have reported success with a 64GB thumb drive, too.

 

[3HaloODST]

SSD would be a waste of money for archiving.

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[harshness]

I would think that an SSD would have no problem ever but the problem w/a standard HDD is the fact you have to power a motor that will need a power "kick" some of the time to keep the speed up.

The power consumption of some SSDs isn't a whole lot better than that of conventional Winchester drives. The problem with SSDs is that if you don't have the OS support to work with them, they don't last as long.