External Hard Drive for consoles, is it a problem?

[dahuman]

Cheebee said:

dahuman said:

Cheebee said:

dahuman said:

Cheebee said:
I think an external HDD is fine. I actually prefer that over a built-in one.
Now if only my WiiU would consistently regognize it! Quite a few times, it just doesn't recognize my 500GB external HDD, USB Y-cable and all. :(

plug the power end into a phone charger and see how that works, Wii U's USB ports have shit for power.

Thought of that myself, but makes no difference. Sometimes it works flawlessly and recognizes the HDD immediately, a lot of time it just doesn't. :/ I did notice that my WiiU recognizes the HDD more frequently when it's plugged into the front USB-ports, over the ports in the console's back.

hmmm weird, mine just works, the controller in your enclosure might be asking for too much power in that case =/

More power than a wall outlet can provide...? o_O

phone chargers are voltage regulated to 5v usually, if your drive is not working properly then it's either your Wii U is fucked or your drive enclosure is being a dick.