WD My Passport external hdisk can't be detected

**oj88** · June 12th, 2013 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by boybi

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This is the hard disk inside the casing.

Looks like the USB3 interface is actually part of the hard disk PCB. No way to retrofit that to a SATA or even an IDE interface.

Found the following video. It appears that newer WD Passport drives have this USB-integrated module in the hard disk controller.

**myas110** · January 16th, 2019 01:12 PM

Bakit hindi madetect yung WD My Passport external hard drive na kakabili ko lang kahapon when plugged sa TV?

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**SpinCycle** · January 16th, 2019 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by myas110

Bakit hindi madetect yung WD My Passport external hard drive na kakabili ko lang kahapon when plugged sa TV?

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Try to change the partition method to MBR

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**myas110** · January 17th, 2019 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by SpinCycle

Try to change the partition method to MBR

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What is MBR? and how to do it? Kasi I'm planning to change it from NTFS to FAT32 (but the option FAT32 is not available sa windows... need ko pa ng third party app to do it)

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**WallyWest** · January 17th, 2019 07:10 PM

Possible na incompatible disk controller. I have a USB SATA hdd enclosure na nadedetect sa pc but not by our TV. 80GB lang ang laman nun and it works flawlessly sa Windows and Linux. Try mo sa ibang TV yung hdd mo.

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**chronicle** · January 17th, 2019 07:27 PM

Parang common issue ata ang di pag detect ng WD drive at samsung tv

WD Elements 1TB HD Compatibility Issue with Samsung LED TV - [Solved] - Storage

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**myas110** · January 18th, 2019 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by chronicle

Parang common issue ata ang di pag detect ng WD drive at samsung tv

WD Elements 1TB HD Compatibility Issue with Samsung LED TV - [Solved] - Storage

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Okay.. so, common issue sa WD External hard drives yung compatibility sa mga Samsung TVs. Or baka dahil outdated yung firmware ng TV namin kaya hindi compatible? Or compatible lang siya sa Smart TV?

AFAIK, yung ibang external hard drive (I guess it's a Seagate) ok naman sila, detected naman.

Will try it onceI go back to Manila. Thanks

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**Ry_Tower** · January 18th, 2019 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by myas110

Okay.. so, common issue sa WD External hard drives yung compatibility sa mga Samsung TVs. Or baka dahil outdated yung firmware ng TV namin kaya hindi compatible? Or compatible lang siya sa Smart TV?

AFAIK, yung ibang external hard drive (I guess it's a Seagate) ok naman sila, detected naman.

Will try it onceI go back to Manila. Thanks

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Yes pwede outdated yung firmware ng TV. Might as well update that to eliminate as a cause.

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**myas110** · January 22nd, 2019 02:42 PM

^ sa bagay... I opted not to format ulit yung external hard drive.. instead I bought a 32gb 2-in-1 USB (OTG) para dun ko na lang i-copy yung movies and at the same time, I can use it sa mobile phone ko.

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