Yep, nice feature. The other HWS doesn't have this issue anymore.It's not a bug it's a feature. It gives you five minutes to go make coffee....
EHD Code 852
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After upgrading to Hopper 3, I am still getting the error code 852 every morning when I turn on the Hopper. So I would say there is an issue with the EHD and not the Hopper. I changed the USB cable and still get the code. This EHD is a WD 500G and is about 8 years old. Time to replace it.
Is there a way to force the EHD attached to my Hopper 3 to re-format? I have transferred the recordings from it that I want and don't want what's left. I want to see if this will fix the error from popping up on first Hopper start up in the mornings.
If you got a computer plug it in to it, wipe it there then plug it back into the H3 the H3 should reformat it I think.
Formatted the EHD on my laptop and then plugged her in the H3 and performed a Hopper format. Transferred a couple recordings back to the EHD. Everything is working good. Will see if the error pop up happens in the morning when I fire up the Hopper. That is the only time I get it is in the morning startup. Thanks again.
I have one western digital drive connected to my living room hopper with sling and two western digital drives connected to my family room hopper with sling and I do not get your error message. It sounds like your hopper with sling receivers stop recognizing the drives and then realize the drives are present.
I have noticed a couple of times that my family room hopper with sling will stop seeing one of the two drives. This has happened 4 or 5 times. When it happens I power down the drive and when it powers back up it is recognized.
Of coarse I never had any problems with the old interface. The problem started with the new interface.
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I have noticed a couple of times that my family room hopper with sling will stop seeing one of the two drives. This has happened 4 or 5 times. When it happens I power down the drive and when it powers back up it is recognized.
Of coarse I never had any problems with the old interface. The problem started with the new interface.
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This EHD error started with the CUI too. It has identical problem when I switched to Hopper 3. I think this EHD is going bad. It is almost 10 years old.
I don't think that it is the hard drive. My family room hopper with sling has stopped recognizing one of the two attached drives 4 or 5 times. However, I noticed that the drive that is not recognized is not the same drive each time. I think that the USB drivers in the new software still have issues.
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No telling. My other WD EHD is the same model and it still is purring along. I guess I can flip flop the EHDs and see if the problem follows the problem EHD. Will see what it does in the morning when I fire up the Hopper and go from there.
No error code this morning. Maybe reformatting the EHD did the trick. I wouldn't think so but, go figure. Time will tell
I'm not 100% convinced but its looking good. I have noticed people off and on having EHD problems may have stumbled onto a fix for some of those problems they are having. Time will tell, until the next update anyway.
Yep, for sure. That WD EHD is pretty old. Probably going bad.I'm not 100% convinced but its looking good. I have noticed people off and on having EHD problems may have stumbled onto a fix for some of those problems they are having. Time will tell, until the next update anyway.
Go over to GRC.com and get a copy of SpinRite to find and repair disk errors. Or, heck, new EHDs are dirt cheap. I replaced a 250 GB Seagate that was close to the same age as your WD drive with a 1 TB drive that is quieter, uses less power, and cost about a third of the 250GB drive's original cost.
Problem is, we're started into the realm of lower-capacity drives costing more since the manufacturers are going to the larger capacities. Dish needs to enable support for EHDs greater than 2 TB, or at least support larger drives capped at 2 TB if there is some Content Licensing deal that restricts the maximum size of an EHD. But you should still be able to find a 2 TB EHD from WD or Seagate for around $70-$80.
Problem is, we're started into the realm of lower-capacity drives costing more since the manufacturers are going to the larger capacities. Dish needs to enable support for EHDs greater than 2 TB, or at least support larger drives capped at 2 TB if there is some Content Licensing deal that restricts the maximum size of an EHD. But you should still be able to find a 2 TB EHD from WD or Seagate for around $70-$80.
