Clausi wrote: > I had the same problems. I had a SSD in an USB enclosure and connected > directly to my Raspberry Pi4 it was not possible to read my music files. > At this time I was using max2play. Then I bought a USB hub and > everything worked fine. The Raspberry obviously didn't supply enough > power to the SSD via the USB connector. When I then started with > piCoreplayer the SSD with the USB hub only worked on the USB 2 > connector, not on USB 3. After all I bought another enclosure for the > SSD an then it worked also on the USB 3. > > Watch this story in postings #123, #150, #175, #176 and #330 > > I recommend, using a USB hub with separate power supply to avoid power > problems with the direct connection to the Raspberry and if further > problems occur to get another SSD enclosure.
You could always try a USB 3 male to USB Y cable with added power connector, works great with my external usb drive connected to my pi4, main cable to USB 3 socket on pi, power only to USB 2 socket. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kit1cat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66141 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111787 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
