1,8 inch HDD with the A70

[icebaba2001]

HI,

I have bought an micro USB A adapter to USB 2.0 A adapter (hopefully it will be deliverd today), so I think I can use USB sticks etc....
is it also possible to use a 1,8 inch HDD with the adapter? does the micro usb port from A70 have enough power to run the small HDD?
I would love it when it would work......

[Ominous]

Based on power consumption it should not work, unless you have external power supply for it. It has to be formated using FAT32, until Archos provides us with ext#/NTFS support.
1.8" drives, Toshiba, use ~1.8W
A70 has 5V 100mA out so it's 0.5W

[meva]

I tried a Samsung 200gb 1.8" HDD with a usb adapter and it didn't work. I had to plug in a y-spitter cable to give usb power.

[icebaba2001]

how did you gave more power, there is just one micro usb host, how can it work?

[paulus3476]

Connect the other usb to a battery pack !

[Bonn]

Not sure if Archos can increase the power output of the micro USB to 500mA via software. Anyway I am quite puzzled why they can't let the micro USB go for the max power output. Is it due to some USB standard requirements?