Compatible USB Flash Drives

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Compatible USB Flash Drives

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nasher

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Hi,

I'm beginning to explore the upgrade options for my Foxsat HDR. I'd almost given up on the USB interface until I found this site.

I have a Phillips-4Gb drive that is simply ignored by the STB. I bought a SanDisk-2Gb (Cruzer Edge) drive yesterday which IS recognised (progress!), but fails to execute the upgrade when I reboot.

Before I buy anymore duff USB drives, can anyone tell me which drives they have successfully used to upgrade the firmware?

Thanks.

| Thu 20 Oct 2011 13:22:52 #1 |
Ferret

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Hello nasher, I flashed my HD Fox T2 with a 4GB TDK Trans-IT stick. There seem to be a few different versions of it though. Looks like the one in the picture I've uploaded.
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| Fri 21 Oct 2011 20:43:35 #2 |
dobadob

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I have the same problem as nasher. I tried a couple of sticks but neither worked and I don't want to buy another without reasonable confidence it will work.

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 9:14:12 #3 |
Barry

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I have used the following branded/unbranded with no issue:

Kingston
Corsair
SanDisk Cruzer
My Memory own brand

Various capacities from 2 to 8 Gigs

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 9:28:22 #4 |
dobadob

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Thanks Barry. Sounds like I was just unlucky. I tried a Danelec 4gb and a Buffalo 64mb (how old!).
I'll try one of your list.

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 9:49:35 #5 |
nasher

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Thanks everyone for the replies - it's good to hear that I'm not alone with this problem.

Barry - I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 12:12:44 #6 |
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nasher - 2 minutes ago »
Thanks everyone for the replies - it's good to hear that I'm not alone with this problem.
Barry - I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

Windows - FAT32

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 12:15:42 #7 |
REPASSAC

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Barry - 1 hour ago »
Windows - FAT32

Do you use the default cluster size?

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 13:37:18 #8 |
nasher

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Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.

The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).

That didn't work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!

So I guess it's the filename that matters.

Thanks everyone for your help

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 14:01:52 #9 |
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nasher - 1 hour ago »
Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.
The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).
That didn't work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!
So I guess it's the filename that matters.
Thanks everyone for your help

Yes the filename is critical - you skipped looking at the Humax link telling you to rename the file.

| Sat 22 Oct 2011 15:19:07 #10 |