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Nighthawk R8500, USB 3.0 Flash Drive Not Recognized in USB 3.0 Port, only 2.0 Port
My Nighthawk R8500 Router with latest firmware, V1.0.2.54_1.0.56, will not recognize my SanDisk Ultra Fit 128 GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive when plugged into the router's USB 3.0 Port. The Ultra Fit is form...
Tech support followed up with me. Installing a firmware update, V1.0.2.64_1.0.62, which became available shortly after my post, solved the issue. - Carlos
What's the file format? Did you try to use a different USB cable? How about a different USB port?
The external WD drive is not password protected and it doesn't require you to install a software on your PC?
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ElaineM wrote:What's the file format? Did you try to use a different USB cable? How about a different USB port?
The external WD drive is not password protected and it doesn't require you to install a software on your PC?
NTFS, The USB 3.0 (It has the WIDE USB b connection for the external connection...you'll see in the picture) cable that came with the external device. I'll post links of what I have so you can see. Inside I have a Sandisk 128GB M.2 SSD. It is the only device that it detected. I even tried a flash drive 4GB to 64GB both FAT32 and NTFS still nothing. I tried this one out of curiousity and it detected it within seconds.
Now the other thing I do notice, is that the USB 3.o light on the top of the box does light up with anything I put into the USB 3.0 port. Doest matter if its a HDD or some other device that uses a USB port, it will light up within 10-15seconds. It just wont detect.
But this SSD in the external enclosure shows not just the primary partition, but ALL partitions on the SSD, which is about 5 partitions since it still has the OS on there. So thats about right.
My larger hard drives are not password protected and or locked, and they do not require a software install to run. I even ran a diagnostic test that WD has for these drives and they passed with flying colors, both on transfer rates and USB connectivity.
If you need any other info lemme know and I'll grab it.
ELUTENG M2 SSD to USB Adapter 2230-2280 NGFF to USB 3.0 Adapter SuperSpeed M2 SSD
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5N428V/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The only thing I did not try was to use the USB cable that came with this SSD encloure on my WD HDD. Pretty sure it wont do much. But I'll try later today once I'm off work.
I forgot to post the pictures of what I'm using, here they are.
I have it broken down and then put back together so you can see. Also got a close up of the M.2 SSD with its Model and info...
Pretty basic stuff
I know it's not really neccassary unless you have an extremely old hard drive and need to do a full blown low level format (which takes hours sometimes). But I'm going to do that to my 5TB WD External HDD and then try to load it directly to my router. No restrictions and no special permissions.....just plug it in as if it were right out of the box. I'll see where that gets me.