[USB] External Storage Cases / External Harddrives

**Zolf** · 20-09-2004, 21:04

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: 1.7.5.9-5 (Oleg)

Device: HD260
Brandname: MyCom
Brandtype: 2,5" Hard Disk Casing
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
URL To product: http://silverapp1.mycom.nl/MyCom/Sto...&productType=1

Device Used during test:
Brandname: IBM
Brandtype: Travelstar 20GB (4200RPM, 5V-1A)
Brandmodel: IC25N020ATDA04-0
Size: 20GB
partition: 1 x 20 gb fat32

**vitor** · 18-12-2004, 00:21

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware:

Device:
Brandname: TRANSCEND
Brandtype: 2,5" Hard Disk Casing
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
URL To product: http://www.transcendusa.com/DLCenter...reJet25HDD.pdf
URL To manufacturer: http://www.transcendusa.com

Device Used during test:
Brandname:
Brandtype:
Brandmodel:
Size: 20GB
partition: 1 x 20 gb fat32

**ricore** · 27-01-2005, 20:58

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: 1.9.2.7-3b

Device: Gmini 220
Brandname: ARCHOS
Brandtype: Hard Drive Multimedia JukeBox
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
URL To product: http://www.archos.com/products/prw_500452.html
URL To manufacturer: http://www.archos.com

Device Used during test:
Brandname: Hitachi
Brandtype: 1.8" Hard Drive
Brandmodel: Travelstar C4K20
Size: 20GB
partition: 1 x 20 gb fat32

**lada** · 04-03-2005, 20:33

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500gx
Firmware: 1.9.2.7-3c

Device:
Brandname: Welland
Brandtype: ME740U2 3,5" no fan
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
HD Size: 3.5"
URL To manufacturer: http://www.welland.com.tw/
URL To product: http://www.welland.com.tw/html/case/x40.html

Device Used during test:
Brandname: Western Digital
Brandtype:
Brandmodel: 30BB 7200 RPM ATA/100 IDE Hard Drive
Size: 30GB
partition: vfat 30GB

Remark: The enclosure has also IEEE1394, so it's probably ME-740U2F, however it was sold to me as ME740U2 (www.czechcompuer.cz).

**GiaN** · 09-03-2005, 21:33

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: 1.9.2.7

Device: CrossFire 160
Brandname: SMARTDISK
Brandtype: External Hard Drive
Interface: USB 2.0 & FireWire (IEEE-1394)

Device Used during test:
Brandname: Samsung (OEM 7200rpm 3.5 inch ATA disk)
Brandtype: ?????
Brandmodel: ?????
Size: 160GB
partition: 1 fat32

**hezik** · 22-03-2005, 14:32

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: All

Device:
Brandname: LaCie
Brandtype: LaCie Mobile Hard Drive, Design by F.A. Porsche 200GB, USB 2.0
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
HD Size: 3.5"
URL To manufacturer: http://www.lacie.com
URL To product: http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10554 (100Gb version, I tested the 200Gb version)

**hezik** · 23-03-2005, 16:33

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: All

Device: Hard Drive, Design by F.A. Porsche 200GB
Brandname: LaCie
Brandtype: External USB Hard Drive
Interface: USB 2.0

**smarechal** · 01-04-2005, 18:16

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500g
Firmware: 1.9.2.7

Device: Advance BX338
Brandname: Advance
Brandtype: External Hard Drive
Interface: USB 2.0

**tscoreninja** · 04-05-2005, 23:23

Tested: NON-WORKING
Model: WL-500gx
Hardware: ?
Firmware: Stock Asus 1.8.2.1

Device:
Brandname: Creative
Brandtype: Muvo2 4GB
USB Interface: USB 2.0
URL To manufacturer: http://www.creative.com/
URL To product: Creative's Muvo2 product page

NB This webpage states that Kernels 2.4.26 and up have a fix (Asus firmware seems to be 2.4.20 plus USB upgrade to 2.4.25).

**kwenie** · 19-05-2005, 22:43

Tested: Working
Model: WL-500gx
Firmware: 1.9.2.7-5a

Device:
Brandname: unknown (maybe Techsolo?)
Brandtype: USB 2.0 HDD Case 3.5" C-31
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
HD Size: 3.5"
URL To manufacturer:
URL To product: http://www.systron.com
(Note: Based on chip Cypress CY7C68300A-56PVC)

Device Used during test:
Brandname: Quantum
Brandtype:
Brandmodel: Fireball TM 2550A
Size: 2.5GB
partition: Fat32 2.5GB
(Note: quite old 3.5" IDE Hard Drive, but why a high speed one if router doesn't eat it anyway

**OlegI** · 21-05-2005, 13:57

Tested: WORKING
Model: WL-500gx
Firmware: 1.9.5.7a

Device:
Brandname: Transcend
Brandtype: StoreJet 1.8"
USB Interface: USB 2.0
URL To product: http://www.transcendusa.com/Products...ngNo=0&ModNo=9
URL To manufacturer: http://www.transcendusa.com
Brandmodel: TS40GSJ18
Size: 40GB
partition: 1x40Gb NTFS 5.0

**rue** · 02-06-2005, 18:58

Tested: Not Working (dies after a while)
Model: WL-500g Deluxe (WL-500gx)
Firmware: 1.9.2.7-5a

Device: DIGITUS USB 2.0 3,5" HardDisk-case with Seagte HD installed
based on the Genesys-Chip 'GL811E" (See http://www.genesyslogic.com/econtent...stcidx=3&SN=34 for details)
Brandname: DIGITUS (but seen also with other labels like http://www.materiel.net/buffer/11668.jpg see entry of user 'smarechal') or entry as of "27-06-2005, 11:16" by user "oleo"
Brandtype: USB 2.0 HDD Case 3.5"
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
HD Size: 3.5"
URL To manufacturer: http://www.digitus.de/
URL To product: no longer existing, product no longer available

Device Used during test:
Brandname: Seagate
Brandtype: ST3200822A
Brandmodel: Barracuda 7200.7
Size: 200 GBytes
partition: see below log entries

usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Vendor: ST320082 Model: 2A Rev: 0811
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
Jan 1 00:00:07 kernel: Partition check:
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: p1 p2
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on sd(8,1), internal journal
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jan 1 00:00:08 kernel: Adding Swap: 524276k swap-space (priority -1)

after a while during constand HDD-traffic! (looks like some sort of buffer overflow) the red HDD-LED remains constantly on but access to the drive is no longer possible. Others seems to have had the same problem with that pice (of sh..). removing power and applying power again solves the problem, but Windooz does not like such procedures.

The box has the very same problem if connected directly to the PC rather to the WL500gx. Thus seems not to be a problem caused by the ASUS box.

**rmdijkman** · 10-06-2005, 10:14

Device:
Brandname: Freecom
Brandtype: FHD2-Pro
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
URL To manufacturer: http://www.freecom.com/

It is USB powered (no need for a power adapter) on the WL500-gx.
It is VERY quiet.

**oleo** · 27-06-2005, 11:16

QTEC 3.5" Harddisk Case USB 2.0
Tested: NOT Working
Model: WL-500g Deluxe (WL-500gx)
Firmware: 1.9.2.7-6a
Brandtype: USB 2.0 HDD Case 3.5"
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) compliant
HD Size: 3.5"
URL To manufacturer: http://www.qtec.info
URL To product: http://www.qtec.info/products/produc...=14214&specs=1

After several hours of giFT processing USB connection dies with the following klog:

Code:

EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
usb-storage: host_reset() requested but not implemented
scsi: device set offline - command error recover failed: host 0 channel 0 id 0 l
un 0
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 0 lun 0 return code = 6050000
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7828824
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7828832
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7828888
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7828952
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829016
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829080
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829144
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829208
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829272
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829336
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829400
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829464
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829512
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 6143600
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 6819944
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30776
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30840
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30880
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 7829208
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30888
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30952
 I/O error: dev 08:03, sector 30960
 I/O error: dev ...

Tried this on two hard disks with same results.
Two ext3 partitions with 128MB swap. After hard reset it works again until it dies.

**SpAwN** · 13-07-2005, 16:03

Tested: WORKING
Model: WL-500g
Hardware: 1.0
Firmware: 1.9.1.7 and 1.9.4.0 using now 1.9.2.7-6b by Oleg (all FW's worked)

Box scan by me no other img's

Device:
Brandname: Sum E Vision
Brandtype: 3.5" Aluminium Mobile Enclosure
USB Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed (480Mbit) and USB 1.1 (12Mbit)
USB chip: Genesys GL811
URL To manufacturer: No URL
URL To product: No URL Google Search

HDD used:
Brandname: Maxtor
Brandtype: 160GB 8MB U133 7200rpm
Brandmodel: DiamondMax Plus 9
Size: 160GB
Partition: 160GB FAT32 (149GB real size)
URL To manufacturer: http://www.maxtor.com
URL To product: DiamondMax Plus 9

This combo is tested with the Sitecom Micro USB Hub and Canon PIXMA IP4000.
Test was Uploading from WAN side and printing, downloading from WAN side and printing and uploading/downloading with 2 FTP users and printing.
There was no problem at all, this print test is only tested on 1.9.2.7-6b FW by Oleg

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