External Hard Drive for Blade 7000s

[cupidistra]

Hiya All

I came across an old external IDE drive circa 80 gig whic I had left when I upgraded my PC. I decided to use it for mmy 7000s. As per instructions, I formatted it via my PC and finally via the 7000s. The Blade recognised the drive attached via the USB connection but when I checked the drive through the Blade menu, it told me it was too slow. I tried to record but it failed.
Is there anything I can do? If not, what type of drive would I need to be able to record?

 

[Ratts]

im not to sure if there is anything you can do with your old hard drive tbh...

i just use my old 2.5 seagate 120gig hd out of my laptop, i put it into a usb caddy (non powered) and it works perfectly....

 

[turner brown]

i would try another caddy first as my guess is its not the hard drive but the caddy

 

[cupidistra]

Hiya Ratts

Thanks for your prompt reply.

The drive is in a caddy but I'm not at home just now and I can't remember if it has its own power.

 

[cupidistra]

Thank you Turner Brown for your input.

 

[cupidistra]

I did an ET and phoned home. The caddy has its own power source. I don't know if this makes a difference.

 

[turner brown]

any 3.5 hard drive caddy needs its own power as these are 12v powered drives and usb can only give out 5v

 

[cupidistra]

Thank you once again Turner Brown.
Will the 5v output from the box have a detrimental effect on the capture of the video stream on the HDD?