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    N66U recognizes 1 external HD, but not the other

    I've been using a 1TB with no problems too. It's definitely the larger drives that it can't deal with. I also contacted tech support and got a very encouraging reply: > > "Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for contacting ASUS Customer Service. My name is Joe and it's my pleasure to help you...
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    N66U recognizes 1 external HD, but not the other

    I also deleted all partitions and started from scratch when I tried the different file systems, although I have no doubt that a virtual cd would mess with things. I'm getting the feeling that either this is something that will have to be addressed in a firmware update or we're just out of...
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    N66U recognizes 1 external HD, but not the other

    It's interesting that we have the same equipment but different problems. At least you're a step ahead in that your router recognises the drive. Did you have to do anything special to get it to do that? I tried all sorts of different formatting.
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    N66U recognizes 1 external HD, but not the other

    Thanks for the reply Merlin. I tried 2 more things to see if it's the sectors: 1. Cleared everything and created two ext3 partitions, 1.8tb and 800gb, at 2KB. Same as before, plug it in and no response. 2. Cleared everything and created one 500gb ntfs partition at 512 Bytes, leaving the...
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    N66U recognizes 1 external HD, but not the other

    I have a 3TB WD My Book Essential external hard drive (which has its own ac adaptor) that my RT-n66u simply won't acknowledge. When I plug it in there is no change in the usb icon in the top right corner of the router's administration menu (it stays grayed out and the mouseover says there's...
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