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Reply With QuoteI would try providing a separate *regulated* power supply to the drive.
Hello all!! I am new to this forum and would like some help. I have read several similar posts although none with the same exact issue.
Before I heard about mp3car.com I purchased a Pioneer USB capable DVD head unit. AVH-P4100DVD. I have formatted a Seagate Free Agent 320GB external HDD to FAT32. With 30GB of music on it, plugged it in and it actually played. I listened to about 3 songs and started skipping and searching through more. All was fine until then. The drive powers itself down and basically have to reconnect it to spin it up again. It seems like either the problem has gotten worse or I am more annoyed with it than anything.
So now for my questions. Could this be a problem with the drive itself having a problem with the environment in my truck? I do live in CA and it's already been a little hot. Also, maybe the 250GB partition I made is too much to read through. IDK. This drive doesn't have a seperate power cord so I am assuming it's built to run off of the 500mA the head unit sends through the USB port.
Would hacking 5V power to this drive help? I am also game for suggestions on drives that will work better. I have heard that there are some out there although they have roughly the same specs as the one I am using.
Please help me get my music library in my car. This head unit isn't much good without it.
Thanks,
Benton
I would try providing a separate *regulated* power supply to the drive.
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I would have to hack power to the drive as it only runs off of USB power.
dum question, but hasn't the drive size anything to do with it? because as far as i rememer fat32 is supposed to go up to max 32 gigs (or less)
I used Partition Magic Utilities to create a larger partition. Windows will only let you format to 32Gb.
Actually, the max size of a FAT32 volume is 127.53GB. Win2000 can only format up to 32GB with FAT32.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc938937.aspx
Partition Magic may use some tricks to create a partition table that shows otherwise, but it will likely have problems.
DarquePervert, Thanks for your reply. I have seen your name on several posts when I researched my own topic. You seem knowledgeable on the subject. Would I likely have better success with smaller partitions? If so, I will try that as a quick fix to my dilemma. I am not sure that my head unit will see more than one partition though. Any suggestions if this doesn't work. Last resort is a thumb drive but it is likely to work the best. There would just minimal space and it's more costly. Definitely more bang for your buck with a hard drive.
A little more background. The head unit is set up to be able to read 250GB worth of data which they say would be an equivalent of 65,535 files in 6,00o folders. That comes straight out of the owners manual.
Thanks,
Benton
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