[Q] Problem with Archos 101 USB port and external HHD

Hi,

that happened some of us when we upgraded to FM 2.071.
I called Archos and advised me to send it for repair.

Regards.
Javier-

Did they say they would charge you for it? Have you sent it in yet or received it back? Just ordered a Seagate 500gb HD and now I'm a little worried.

Javierinnn said:

Hi,

that happened some of us when we upgraded to FM 2.071.
I called Archos and advised me to send it for repair.

Regards.
Javier-

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hi all
I've got the same problem here after i had upgrade to 2.018
is that anyone can solve the problem now?
I've tried format, reset, and downgrade, nothing help
thx

Never Work

I don think it working if your connect your External HDD with seperate power it ok b ut if like 2.5 Notebook HDD not working anyway

lursak said:

I don think it working if your connect your External HDD with seperate power it ok b ut if like 2.5 Notebook HDD not working anyway

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I had the same issue, sent it in for repair, came back faster then ever, but now looking at same problem

This sounds more like an underpowered usb port, rather than a failed usb port.

The usb port only supplies 200ma power, most hdd require 500ma, especially if you are powering said hdd off the port.

I suggest installing SDE, then installing UrukDroid 1.0, then look in the UrukDriod dev forum for Sibere's V10 kernel - it raises the ma from 200 to 500, but even then, it's not a 'complete' fix - the port seems to share power with the display.

Good luck!

Question:
Has the Seagate 500GB external portable HDD worked properly before it was connected to the A101IT.... like were there any problems whatsoever with it being connected to a laptop/desktop at all??

If the portable HDD HAS worked then you have a guaranteed FUBAR USB port, period! I actually had the same problem and I thought the problem lied with my Western Digital 500GB external portable USB-powered HDD because it was working with my A101IT for a long time then one day my A101IT couldn't find my WD HDD when it was connected. I then disconnected it from my A101IT and found that when I reconnected my WD HDD back to my laptop that there really was no problem with my WD HDD at all, it was the USB port on the A101IT! Also you can plug a thumb drive/usb stick with like 1 GB+ that has stuff like documents, movies, music, etcetera on it and if the information on the thumb drive still doesn't come up after you have connected it to your A101IT the problem is a definite A101IT USB Port problem.

P.S. - By the way, reformatting the entire A101IT AND upgrading/downgrading to a newer/older firmware will also not work.

usb problem

Hi all i faund solution for hd and usb stick not working on archos101.
I got problem with my hd 360gb archos dont read this disc but like i unplug hd from archos show on scren ..now you can unplug divace safly.

I dig in google and i faund if you format your hd "fat" or usb stick you need call partition on hd primary not logical "somthing like that" and archos will reconais hd whitout problems.

This work for me and i dont heve any problem any more whit usb conection to hd i test orso micro sd samsung 8gb class6 in usb conector with same problem what my hd and this method solved my problem.
I hope this will hellp some one.
Sorry for poor english.
Best program to do this operation is partition menager or somthing like that