Hacking Question Biggest USB drive that is connected with SX OS?

[tranceology3]

I just bought a 3TB Toshiba Canvio portable self powered USB 3.0 HD. I followed all the guides, have sxos 2.3 installed, formatted my drive to exfat, added xcis to the root. But when I am in the switch I can't get any games to load. There is a light on the hard drive that turns blue when I plug it into my PC, but it turns white when I plug it into any of the 3 ports on the switch dock.

Does anyone know why none of my games are being scanned?

 

[WiiuGold]

I just bought a 3TB Toshiba Canvio portable self powered USB 3.0 HD. I followed all the guides, have sxos 2.3 installed, formatted my drive to exfat, added xcis to the root. But when I am in the switch I can't get any games to load. There is a light on the hard drive that turns blue when I plug it into my PC, but it turns white when I plug it into any of the 3 ports on the switch dock.

Does anyone know why none of my games are being scanned?

Dont put your games on ROOT..
sxos/xci/ games here

 

[tranceology3]

Dont put your games on ROOT..
sxos/xci/ games here

Still doesn't work. I am on 5.1.0 Switch FW if that helps.

 

[WiiuGold]

Still doesn't work. I am on 5.1.0 Switch FW if that helps.

It could be couple different things .. bad xci files, nsp to xci files or ur drive . Check ur xci files ..

 

[tranceology3]

It could be couple different things .. bad xci files, nsp to xci files or ur drive . Check ur xci files ..

I have plenty of different xci files that I tested. All which work on my 128GB sd card in the switch. I am leaning towards the drive is just not compatible. I am planning on returning it. I am going to buy a different one. Is it better to go for a smaller drive like 2tb or 1tb?

 

[WiiuGold]

I have plenty of different xci files that I tested. All which work on my 128GB sd card in the switch. I am leaning towards the drive is just not compatible. I am planning on returning it. I am going to buy a different one. Is it better to go for a smaller drive like 2tb or 1tb?

No , all the ones I tried all work from 2TB to 8TB

 

[tranceology3]

No , all the ones I tried all work from 2TB to 8TB

Ended up getting the 2TB WD elements portable self powered HD. Loaded XCIs on the root and worked instantly. Seems that 3TB Toshiba drive is not compatible.

 

[Chrisssj2]

Ended up getting the 2TB WD elements portable self powered HD. Loaded XCIs on the root and worked instantly. Seems that 3TB Toshiba drive is not compatible.

Can you please test something for me? For example charge battery to 100% Then play an exact 5 minutes of smash brothers ultimate on a particular level 1v1 luigi vs mario?
With max screen brightness (which is how I have it) and flight mode on?


Is there anyone with SX OS. that has a 1 TB or 2 TB harddrive connected to it?in handheld
Why I ask is im curious to see how fast your battery discharges
When compared to my 5TB HDD that I use

 

[tranceology3]

Can you please test something for me? For example charge battery to 100% Then play an exact 5 minutes of smash brothers ultimate on a particular level 1v1 luigi vs mario?
With max screen brightness (which is how I have it) and flight mode on?


Is there anyone with SX OS. that has a 1 TB or 2 TB harddrive connected to it?in handheld
Why I ask is im curious to see how fast your battery discharges
When compared to my 5TB HDD that I use

I see, so are asking about the HD being connected directly to switch? If I get a USB-C OTG connector ill try it, but right now I dont have one.

 

[fringle]

Dont put your games on ROOT..
sxos/xci/ games here

Doesn't matter if you put your xci files on the root or in a folder. All of mine are on the root and they work just dandy.

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I had a 4tb seagate that worked once and then the switch started spitting out errors every time I connected it. Suspect it was drawing to much power as I put a 1tb in the same enclosure and it works without a problem.

 

[Scubahood]

When hooking a USB device up do I need to use a speicifs port on the dock?

 

[themyst]

I use a 256GB Samsung Portable SSD; overkill speed-wise, but works perfectly without any external power.

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When hooking a USB device up do I need to use a speicifs port on the dock?

i plugged it into either of the two USB ports on the side, and it works fine.

 

[gizmomelb]

ok necroing this thread as there is an obvious piece of data missing which no one has mentioned - what format is the HDD partition? exfat or fat32?

NTFS isn't supported, nor is EXT3 etc.. or are they? I've only used fat32 formatted partitions.

Also is the partition MBR or GPT?

cluster size?

 

[DaveLister]

1TB corsair SSD into cheap housing runs at usb C speeds (The caddy i mean) all in 160 euro. Self powered by caddy usb single connection .

 

[chrisrlink]

I got a 1tb now works fine self powered

 

[brollikk]

4tb western digital works fine for me. self powered though because that's always the safest way for externals + consoles.

 

[jammybudga777]

I remember someone saying you couldnt have more then 10 games at a time using external hd with sx. Does that still apply now? Or can you use the full space on your hard drive

 

[JoeBloggs777]

I remember someone saying you couldnt have more then 10 games at a time using external hd with sx. Does that still apply now? Or can you use the full space on your hard drive

that's never been the case

 

[jammybudga777]

that's never been the case

Quality. So you could potentially use a full 8tb

 

[JoeBloggs777]

Quality. So you could potentially use a full 8tb

yes I've got a 500gb SSD drive full of games, if Sx detects the 8TB drive yes you can.