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50GB PSP HDD(Not rumor and not internal)
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:23 pmby roxfox64
Today I came up with an idea:
Take an old internal HDD, and mount it on a USB-OTG HDD enclosure.
That HDD can be used via iR Shell, and since the internal drive is just lying around, and the OTG enclosure only costs $25, isn't that a steal?
Are there any Cons to my idea besides lugging around an HDD when I want to play ISO/CSO & PSX eboots?
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:30 pmby .Yunoko
slow speeds? plus the most likely 99.6% the psp will not be able to handle it. good idea though. maybe still try it.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:34 pmby roxfox64
How do you figure that?
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:17 pmby .Yunoko
I am just guessing.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:19 pmby Steeler12
well you told me that i should be able to just plug in a psp to an external HD and it should work like that so idk what to tell you...
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:23 pmby roxfox64
I figured that at first but I learned that it has to support USB-OTG in order for it to work.
How can you tell if it does? It will have a female USB 2.0 Port.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:25 pmby Steeler12
ah so it has to be a full 2.0 port not a mini...
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:27 pmby roxfox64
Yeah. Usually USB-OTG HDDs have an LCD display too.
You should find a device that supports USB Host.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:00 pmby blackzmage
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:02 pmby roxfox64
Yes! But thats not exactly what I meant.
I meant something like a microcontroller to bridge the connections and allow crosstalk between the two.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:05 pmby Steeler12
I wonder what the smallest/cheapest OTG HD i could find would be, and if i could even find anything like it at best buy or something
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:08 pmby roxfox64
It would be easiest to use the method I came up with:
Buy an internal HDD, mount it in an OTG enclosure, and use USBhost.
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Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:40 pmby .Yunoko
I'm so confused lol. I will let you try it out though and you show us when it works lol.
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:14 amby Terdinglage
roxfox64 wrote:Yeah. Usually USB-OTG HDDs have an LCD display too.
You should find a device that supports USB Host.
i always thought a usb hd would never function due to the psp's lack of "host" capability. but i never thought of how it would work if the hard drive you plugged in was a host itself
. good find!
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:13 amby BKFraiders7
I just wish someone found out how to add more cache so i can actually use the web browser (reason 1 for ipod touch).