DIGISTAR 811U Connecting USB Device

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Hacktrix

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#63508 28-Jun-2010 23:32

I have a DIGISTAR 811U and am having problems with the USB connecting to any HDD or even Memory stick. Can anybody give me some advice to what may be the problem?

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#346202 28-Jun-2010 23:55

I am not completely certain with the model you have but IIRC the 810 required the USB device to be formatted as FAT32. It may be worth checking to see if this is the case with your machine and if so you could try re-formatting one of your drives to ensure it is correct.

P.

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#346227 29-Jun-2010 08:18

Ive got the 811 as well - what error is it giving you ?
As Phaedrus said, the drive has to be formatted as FAT32 or else the unit wont see it.
Occasionally my 811 gives me an error saying it cant find the drive, I just remove the drive, power off the 811 and turn back on and try again and works 99% of the time.

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Phaedrus

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#346243 29-Jun-2010 09:49

I had an idea I'd seen something about a firmware upgrade for these, seems there is, along with a lengthy thread here:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=83&topicid=31460&page_no=2

If your drive is FAT32 & XPD's fix doesn't work this upgrade may be worth a crack (although it'd obviously need to see a drive to work!). I also read somewhere else that there was a limit on the box 'seeing' larger partiition sizes but there could have been other reasons for that.

Cheers, P.

Hacktrix

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#346247 29-Jun-2010 10:05

Cheers guys I'll try see what happens, there's no error message it just says No USB Device!!

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#346251 29-Jun-2010 10:12

Yup, thats what mine does on occasion :) But using the fix I mentioned, seems to go away for quite some time. Dosent seem to matter what drive I plug in.

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