I have more than one external hard drives, and don't want ugly wires going in the front of my PBO. Can I buy ANY USB Hub on the market, plug it in the back and connect all my drives to have more than one drive available at the same time for PBO?
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I have more than one external hard drives, and don't want ugly wires going in the front of my PBO. Can I buy ANY USB Hub on the market, plug it in the back and connect all my drives to have more than one drive available at the same time for PBO?
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Last edited by Patriot_CJ; 12-29-2009 at 07:59 PM.
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Hmmm, not nice, do anybody know if this could be fixed in future firmware? and if its on the cards?
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not sure if any other media player has such capabilities, might be a chipset limitation.
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I disagree. I am a software engineer myself and feel this is a firmware issue like most of the other issues on this forum.
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My cheapo USB hub worked for me.
When I goto the USB tab it lists each Powerer External USB hub for me with its Name & letter.
Using a Thermaltake BlacX - SE SATA dock however it did not want to stay on while copying (it has a USB hub as well so this may be why)
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I can confirm that cheap usb hubs do work.
I have some no-name usb 2.0 4 port with 3 hdd plugged into it on the rear usb port of the PBO and I can see all 3 drives.
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And all the drives appear in samba with the samba script mod I made. more info here
Last edited by foxeye; 12-27-2009 at 09:17 AM.
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hmm no idea what samba is but I have a stock unit no firmware upgrade & it seems to work fine!
BT & Samba are turned off on my unit.
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This is great news! I don't know why Patriot_Ben said it wont work, but ill be buying myself a "cheap" USB hub asap. Thanks for the update!
Can anybody that have tested this successfully add some brand names and/or versions of USB hubs that works, then I don't have to buy 10 "cheap" USB hubs.
Last edited by Nugpot; 12-27-2009 at 08:15 AM.
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I-ROCKS IR-4610 hub = working
CANYON CNR-USBHUB6 4-port USB2.0 hub = working
Last edited by foxeye; 12-29-2009 at 10:26 AM. Reason: More items added
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