Please post your working brand of internal SATA HDD and size

[adrian123]

Seagate Barracuda 1 Tb 5900 RPM SATA 3Gb/S 64 MB Chache ST3100052AS

 

[uscool]

Just installed a 1tb 2.5 inch western digital 5200rpm nice and quite, screws were to big to screw in drive, but used 2 cable ties job done

 

[cuongzi]

Will a 2.5inch drive fit properly in the Vu+duo or would you need a holder?

 

[Stanman]

Will a 2.5inch drive fit properly in the Vu+duo or would you need a holder?

You will need convertors of some sort to get the 2.5 fit, the cradle is for 3.5 drives.

 

[uscool]

Will a 2.5inch drive fit properly in the Vu+duo or would you need a holder?

Hi, yes 2.5 will fit , the vu plate has holes that align perfect to 2.5 inch drive underneath holes and can also use rubber mounts, but supplied screws are to big to fit into 2.5 inch, if get right screw size it will fit perfect, i just used 2 cable ties, as couldnt be bothered to order or find screws, but yes it will fit , if have right screw size.

much better using a 2.5 inch drive they are much quieter and create less heat, i managed to come across 2.5 inch western digital 1tb 5200rpm,

 

[cuongzi]

Thanks for the helpful replies. I will have a go fitting the 2.5 inch tonight. Much appreciated!

 

[cuongzi]

Fitted a hitachi 500gb 2.5 inch to my duo. Had the right screw size and fitted perfectly.

 

[raedkuwait]

hi, what about the power for the 2.5 hdd would i need a power head converter?!

 

[uscool]

hi, what about the power for the 2.5 hdd would i need a power head converter?!

hi, no its exact same size as a 3.5 inch connection

 

[turbo10]

Working fine....... Western Digital Caviar Green Power 1TB 64MB Cache SATAII 300MB/s <8.9ms

 

[dp8]

Using Hitachi deskstar 1tb. excellent.

 

[arcticwolve]

hi new to this site just installed a hdd in my duo and had no problems so far
purchaced from maplins 44.99 i think
model westrn digital

 

[bee9791]

Hi Folks, I dont know whether any of you can help me or not. I have been trying unsuccessfully for the past few weeks installing a WD 2TB Hard Drive in a VU + Duo. It has initialised perfectly but when it comes to recording it creates an error and trys to restart the duo. It then freezes. When I turn the VU + Duo back on it seems to have done the recording and can replay it. I have some information that the 2 TB drives are not compatible with some of the duos, Is this my issue??

 

[daveyjambo]

WD Caviar Green,500GB, 64 MB Cache, SATA 3

 

[zdzichu]

no problem with Western Digital AV-GP 1TB, 32MB cache, SATA 3Gb/s (WD10EVDS)

 

[acsnaz]

Vu Ultimo WD 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Caviar Black
Vu Duo WD 2TB 3.5" SATA-III GREEN DRIVE
VU DUO Samsung SpinPoint HD501LJ 500GB SATAII
ALL WORKING PERFECTLY

 

[ptoni]

Sky HD 500gb

I currently have a Western Digital (WD10ezrx) installed which has given me problems. I do not know if it is faulty drive or compatibilty issues.

If I remove hard drive from my Sky HD box and install directly in VU Duo, then intialise using the latest Vix image, would this work? Are there any issue with hard drives from Sky HD Boxes?

Also, I am planning to flash my box, is it best to flash before installling new the hard drive or with old hard drive in?

 

[Stanman]

Nope no problems with the HD from sly box, have three installed from the fat and slim box but if you have the slim smaller box its a bastard to take out and your better of reading the tutorial on the net twice as literally have to dismantle the box.

 

[ptoni]

Nope no problems with the HD from sly box, have three installed from the fat and slim box but if you have the slim smaller box its a bastard to take out and your better of reading the tutorial on the net twice as literally have to dismantle the box.

Thanks. I have slim box (amstrad drx 890). Will read tutorials as suggested. A few questions:

1. Do i need to format drive first on PC or can I put staright into the duo then intialise on the latest Vix image?

2. Also, I as am planning to reflash my box, should i do the reflash after installing the sky hard drive?

 

[judge]

I'd stick the HDD in the box & initalise it after installing the image.
I have 2 SKY box hdds in use without any issues.