I have a Dish Satellite Hopper 3. It has an option for an external hard drive. I went to plug into it a Western Digital 8TB external hard drive and nothing happened. Afterwards, in looking this up on the dish site, it appears the max external drive capacity is only 7TB. When I purchased the 8 TB drive, it was a choice between 4TB and 8TB was only about a $20 difference, so I went with the larger one. I've not even seen a 7TB drive anywhere.
Does anyone know of a way to actually connect this and get it to work? Do I need to do something to the hard drive prior to connecting it to the Hopper 3?
Also, there is a USB 2.0 and 3.0 connection on the Hopper. The online guide on the DISH website says I can only use the 2.0. My WD hard drive comes with a USB 3.0. Previously, I had a 1 TB external drive connected using the 3.0 USB cord. Am I missing something here?
Thanks for any help or insight.
Does anyone know of a way to actually connect this and get it to work? Do I need to do something to the hard drive prior to connecting it to the Hopper 3?
Also, there is a USB 2.0 and 3.0 connection on the Hopper. The online guide on the DISH website says I can only use the 2.0. My WD hard drive comes with a USB 3.0. Previously, I had a 1 TB external drive connected using the 3.0 USB cord. Am I missing something here?
Thanks for any help or insight.