GTX COMBO SSD/HDD Hard Disk

[Feralkiwi]

I had the same things happening.
In the end my SSD failed to even work on my PC.
Cheap SSD and I think is got too hot with being slow formatted
Some comments online (Aliexpress) suggest the 2Tb SSD I had was a fake and was only 500Mb.

I too tested with the copper cover off for a better plug in.

The best I think is that the GTX can not do more than 500Mb, or that the power supply is not up to the power needs of large SSD.
I think the power on blank screen is that the GTX does a auto play for USB dives. The GT Combo has a menu option to turn off auto play, the GTX does not.

After all the trying SSD my USB3 port failed as well.

Owen

[BigAitch]

Thanks for the info Owen I did see your post re the problems you had re the SSD, However my problems are with an HDD. Can you believe that ?? These Western Digital HDD are hardly cheap, $120 for the 1TB and that was brand new price on eBay. Besides the HDD works fine on my PC.

Have you tried MLUSB ? it's a small Android app that allows a NTFS drive to run on Android


https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... n&hl=en_US

https://mlusb-mounter-ntfs-write.en.sof ... om/android

Bit more here on similar apps

https://ntfs-mounter.allbestapps.net/

[magicspears]

Have you ever tried formatting with DiskGenius program? I saw the disk, but it cannot be used after formatting, I could not solve this.

[BigAitch]

Hi MS, thanks for your suggestion trying formatting with DiskGenius, unfortunately no go with that either. Same issue as formatting with the PC using ExFAT. No progressing on boot past the splash screen to the main menu. Had to use the back-button on the remote to get the menu to display. Then the usual reading at the Storage selection in the Android menu, Safely Ejected.

I also formatted the HDD in DiskGenius to EXT4. That booted correctly all the way passed the Splash screen to the main menu but at the Storage selection in the Android menu, I had the, Not Supported error.

I finally I used another 2.5" ExFAT HDD that is housed in a USB external case and connected that with a USB cable to the GTX USB port. That also, on boot didn't progress past the splash screen to the main menu, but showed in the Android Storage selection as Safely Ejected twice. (Two entries.) Unplugging the USB cable from the GTX while viewing the Android Storage selection saw the Safely Ejected message disappeared but returned as soon as the USB cable reconnected. Again two entries.

Finally I emailed, support@gtmedia.cc but they haven't got back to me. Surprise surprise. Not even in the Junk Mail where you might think Junk belongs?

[magicspears]

Hi BigAitch. I connected the SATA disk to the USB port with a USB cable. I am using it now without any problems. I think exeFAT,FAT32 or NTFS is not a problem here. The problem is something else. Try to do it by selecting 1st or 2nd(Android 6.0....in the 3rd picture) in the Modify partition parameter. I guess the problem is here. I think you should try making changes here. When I made changes from here, the device saw the disk. When you run a SATA disk via USB, try formatting the disk. Select the Set as external disk option. Maybe it can be fixed by formatting it from within the device.

[thenic123]

Have these issues with the internal drive been fixed with updates yet?

My friend recently purchased a GTX Combo and a Crucial MX500 1TB SSD. I'm not familiar with the GTX Combo. I do have a GTCombo but the OS looks a little different between the two.

[thenic123]

For my post above. @Lining

[Feralkiwi]

I found that an old hard drive worked in the slot.
I also found that the copper plastic molding stopped the drive fully connecting with the connector.

Also I think that the hardware / firmware had issues with large SSD's.
Mine failed, both slot and SSD.

Owen

Will send you PM

[thenic123]

I found that an old hard drive worked in the slot.
I also found that the copper plastic molding stopped the drive fully connecting with the connector.

Also I think that the hardware / firmware had issues with large SSD's.
Mine failed, both slot and SSD.

Owen

Will send you PM

Replied to your pm

[thenic123]

I found that an old hard drive worked in the slot.
I also found that the copper plastic molding stopped the drive fully connecting with the connector.

Also I think that the hardware / firmware had issues with large SSD's.
Mine failed, both slot and SSD.

Owen

Will send you PM

Replied to your pm

It only worked once.

I'm going to try and send the GTX Combo back for an exchange or refund (eBay) and purchase a GTcombo and use the remaining money to buy a HDD/SSD Enclosure. I have two GTcombo's. When the SSD is plugged into the GTcombo USB, it records.

The GTX Combo was purchased by a friend who liked the idea of having an internal drive with PVR functionality. But after all these issues to try and get it to work, we decided it's not worth the hassle.

[thenic123]

GT Media themselves need to come up with a fix, plain and simple.

GTX combo needs a redesigned copper coloured plate.

So SSDs with upwards of 2TB+ can be inserted easily, make perfect connection and recorded to with no issues.

A formatting function should be included as well. My old Astone box did this.

Maybe someone should contact the developers/technicians from GT Media and inform them with all these issues documented in this thread. Good Luck with the Chinese.

I recorded some videos and uploaded to YouTube. Show the GT Media techies.

GTX Combo non detection issue https://youtu.be/BkezwlHoCZc

GTcombo detects SSD and can PVR. https://youtu.be/QtwFc3D2UGM

How do you access the PVR List after it has been exited? https://youtu.be/R_JcYXC9zUw

[thenic123]

An update.

I received a Refund after sending the GTX Combo back through eBay's buyer protection policy. Time to buy a GTcombo. At least we know the Crucial SSD 1TB is detected and can PVR to, not unlike the GTX Combo.

As mentioned previously, GT Media needs to be contacted and linked to this page to show these issues of non detection of the internal HDD/SSD.