07-03-2016, 03:05 AM
(07-02-2016, 08:48 PM)skybadiver Wrote:(06-29-2016, 02:26 PM)gbjensen Wrote:(06-29-2016, 01:03 PM)fab4real Wrote: Hello, i'm using a PineA64+ with 2gb ram, with Android 5.1.
I tried to plug my Lacie 2d 4to External HDD (USB3 but support USB2).
i previously formatted it in Fat32 from DiskUtility on Mac.
But when i plug the external hdd, it's seen by the Pine a64 but after approximately 5 to 10 secondes, the mini computer crashes (automatically reboot)
Did anyone succeed with pluging an external hdd, or a large external hdd ?
How can i find logs or something to resolve this issue ?
Any help appreciated !
Thanks
Hi I have connected a 2TB USB drive to my Pine64. via a USB hub with external power supply to be able to drive the USB HD. The USB outputs at the Pine64 is limited to less than 500mA and this is in most cases not sufficient to drive a USB HD.
My power supply to my Pine media center is a 5V 4A PSU. I do not use the micro USB plug but the power pins at the Euler bus connector.
I am wondering if a USB hub with 5V 4A, would power both the board itself and the 2 TB harddrive at the same time? I tried that with a 5V 2.5A, and it worked for a bit and then didn't anymore. I don't know if the updated operating system caused the change or not. But I had though about using a hub with 4A to power both.
I get around to trying the 16GB Android 5.1.1 image on my pine64, and had no issues accessing my externally powered 4GB hard drive under android... poped up in the ES file manager as soon as I plugged it in.
In principle I don't see there being any issue powering both devices from a hub as long as it has enough juice for both the pine64 and the external HDD and any other peripherals that you have connected. IIRC from my probing of the pine64 board, it gets its 5v supply for USB devices from it's 5v input supply, so all should be good there. It has the jumper to allow for that, which is better than the state of affairs on the Chip board I have, which doesn't, so has some issues which the PMIC shutting down as too much current is being drawn (i.e. connecting a USB powered HDD), although their latest update indicates they have a workaround for that problem.