Sorry for opening a thread like this but I really need to know this right now. I have an Asus O!Play mini media player, will a 3TB Seagate external 3.5" drive will useable with it? I've only tried 2TB so far. I've found conflicting reports online about 3TB so figured I would ask it here as I'm on my way to get one now.

The only issues I've found with the Asus player is that it doesn't work very well with the more recent WD drives. Sometimes it just cannot detect it, even if its just 2TB. That's why I'm getting a Seagate.

How many usb port do you have on your mini?

Have you tried both of them?

I remember one usually has less power then the other...

Also, you should make you 3 TB drive with two partition, each less then 2 TB...

This is a Windows restriction

Hope this helps

Mine only has one USB port. Mini player la. Haha.

Windows restriction hmm... But I doubt the OS in the player itself is windows right?

Correct, Linux, but when you format the harddisk, you probably use a windows base machine

Also, you should always format your harddisk using NTFS file format, right?

Yeah NTFS definitely. So if I partition it into two the player won't have any issues with it?

In theory, yes...

I'm an academia, I am...

If that does not work, try partition it into 3 partitions, each no bigger then 1TB, I remember the minis has some limitations, although what I cannot remember...

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 21 2014, 12:13 PM

Ok just got home with the Seagate Expansion 3TB. It works! No need to partition or anything.

Haha. Okay. Good for you

Thanks for the help man.

You are welcome

I have better luck with WD

You have better luck with Seagate!!

Never the twain shall meet!!

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 21 2014, 05:28 PM