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On this article you can find a list of devices found compatible (or not) to the Popcorn Hour A-200. Note the items on these lists are tested by users, not necessarily officially endorsed or supported by Syabas and Popcorn Hour Inc.
| Applicable to the following NMT
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| Popcorn Hour NMT models:
| A-200
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If firmware updates result in changes please update any report you have made
Harddisks and storage
- If you have problems with your HDD in your NMT always ensure that you try the HDD after formatting it to NTFS in a PC. This will ensure that the HDD is initialized as some brand new HDD's are not and the NMT cannot format a none initialized HDD. Do NOT choose the Quick Format option as this may mean that the HDD is not recognized and the NMT Setup option is not available to install the NMT Apps, always use the Full Format option or alternatively use Roadkil's Diskwipe to format a HDD for use in your NMT.
- The A-200 has an internal SATA ports that fits both 2.5" and 3.5" HDD's. There is a guide available HERE to show you how to install the HDD. Additionally, there are external USB ports. All these ports can be used to connect various kinds of storage. Remember that you need at least 4GB of available space to install the NMT Apps and create the partitions.
- For 3.5" HDD drives, the general recommendation, , is to choose drives marketed with terms such as "low rpm" , "low noise", "low power consumption", "Eco-Friendly" and "Green", rather than ones sold for performance (which will usually have higher noise levels). These low power drives often have a rpm of around 5400, rather than the current consumer "standard" of 7200. Despite the lower rpm, they will have more than enough performance to satisfy all typical NMT usage demands. Alternatively they may be marketed as for 'Video Surveillance/CCTV' systems.
- A note to testers: please verify if you needed to initialize the disk if it was new, if you successfully installed the NMT Apps or if you've chosen to use another filesystem/format. Other things to check for are noise and the possibility to tune/adjust the speed. Thank you for sharing your results!
- Using a 10.000RPM HDD is not recommended, they produce a lot of heat which might affect the performance of the entire NMT.
3.5" SATA disks
| Brand/Model
| Capacity
| Cache
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
HITACHI Deskstar HD32000 IDK/7K
2TB
32mb
02-02-100128-19-POP-411
M5 Cab
Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue
|
| Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS
| 500GB
| 16MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| adutchoz
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Runs very hot, not recommended.
|
| Samsung F3 HD203WI EcoGreen
| 2TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| umixut85
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Samsung F3 HD154UI EcoGreen
| 1.5TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| waltur
| Formatted and installed NMT Apps w/o issue, cool and not noisy.
|
| Samsung F2 HD103SI EcoGreen
| 1TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| techno12
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Samsung F2 HD753LJ
| 750Gb
| 16Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Chris57
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Western Digital WD20EARS
| 2TB
| 32Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| MIXED
| zblack_eagle
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Some users report problems with this model.
|
| Western Digital WD15EARS
| 1.5TB
| 64Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| MIXED
| Wildcard30
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Some users report problems with this model.
|
| Western Digital WD10EARS
| 1.0TB
| 64Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| MIXED
| zizoudane
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Some users report problems with this HDD.
|
| Western Digital Caviar WD3000JD
| 300Gb
| 8Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| NO
| adutchoz
| Formatted but can not Install NMT Apps, even after a NTFS format in the PC.
|
| Western Digital WD5000AACS
| 500Gb
| 16Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Bazrah
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Western Digital WD7500AAVS
| 750Gb
| 8Mb
| 02-09-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| auteur
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Western Digital WD15EADS
| 1.5TB
| 32Mb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Eric10301
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Western Digital WD10EVDS GreenPower
| 1TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| adutchoz
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Runs very cool.
|
| Western Digital WD20EVDS GreenPower
| 2TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Ragdd
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue from USB stick. Runs very cool and quiet.
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| Western Digital WD20EADS GreenPower
| 2TB
| 32MB
| 02-02-100208-19-POP-411
| OK
| chria
| Formatted and Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
2.5" SATA disks
| Brand/Model
| Capacity
| Cache
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| Toshiba
| All
|
|
| NO
| NMT Moderating Team
| I would advise against purchasing any Toshiba HDD's as they do not work in the C-200.
|
| Fujitsu MHT2080BH
| 80GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| onnoossendrijver
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
| Fujitsu MHY2250BH
| 250GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| cheaper_popcorn
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Runs quieter than the fan!
|
| Hitachi Travelstar HTS5410
| 40GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Safouh
| Worked perfectly without problems, it runs very quietly (quieter than the internal Fan!)
|
| Hitachi Travelstar HTS541010G9SA00
| 100GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| JesterEE
| Formatted to ext3 and installed NMT Apps without issue. Runs quieter than the fan.
|
| Seagate Momentus ST9250315AS
| 250GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Wildcard30
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Runs cool and quiet.
|
| Western Digital WD2500BEVS
| 250GB
| 8MB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| jlegge
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue.
|
USB attached HDD's
| Brand/Model
| Capacity
| Tested Filesystem
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| Western Digital Passport WD5000ME-00
| 500Gb
| NTFS
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Wildcard30
| HDD recognized and plays fine
|
| Samsung HD154UI ecogreen
| 1.5TB
| EXT3
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Bazrah
| HDD recognized and plays fine in Icybox enclosure (two drives)
|
| Seagate ST31500341AS Barracuda
| 1.5TB
| NTFS & EXT3
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| vindex
| HDDs (one NTFS, one EXT3) recognized and play fine
|
CF adapter kits
| Brand/Model
| Capacity
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| Syba Compact Flash to SATA Adapter, Model SY-SATA2CF bought at Directron.com with Kingston 8GB 133x elite pro CompactFlash Card (CF/8GB-S2)
| 8GB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Hypnopooper
| CF card came pre-formated with FAT32. I did a low-level format to remove all partitions on the CF card before installing into the PCH. After Installing NMT apps, server services would not start. I removed the CF card and formatted the fourth partition with ext3 using Ubuntu 9.10. After placing CF card back into the PCH everything worked fine.
|
| Red SATA>CF adapter card that works in A110. Transcend x133 card that has DMA0-4 and works on A110.
| 8Gb
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| No
| Chris57
| No matter how many times I re-format the card I cannot get the NMT Apps to install successfully. Only if the apps install can you then move on to format the 4th partition, if the apps are having problems. I believe the problems stem from the fact that the 200 series has onboard SATA whereas the 100 series is IDE. CF cards need to operate in DMA mode to be bootable. DMA/IDE are the same which is why DMA is a requirement for a CF card to boot. The actual adapter has DMA/IDE controller as well when we need a SATA controller to match the 8643's SATA controller. If you can get a successful format then it should work fine, as can be seen from the poster above. How or why that time the card formatted is not known. On the 200 series the same has happened with two lucky owners having a successful install followed by the need to format a partition to ext to get it working, the rest of us failed.
|
USB attached ROM Drives
| Brand/Model
| Type of ROM drive
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| Sony-Optiarc BC-5600S in USB case
| BluRay
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| onnoossendrijver
| DVDs play fine. Not tried any BDs yet. Works only on rear USB port or on front USB port when using extra power connector on BluRay drive. Eject button on RC works.
|
SSD SATA "drives"
| Brand/Model
| Capacity
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| A.N.Other ABC123
| xGb/Tb
| 02-02-xxxxxx-xxx-xxx
| OK
| Chris57
| Installed NMT Apps w/o issue. Cool quiet running.
|
| OCZ Solid series
| 60GB
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Snick66
|
|
USB Dongle WIFI
| Brand/Model
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| PopCornHour WN-150
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Chris57
| Picked up SSID,copying to HDD via WiFi. Definitely quicker than WN-100 on the A110.
|
| Xtreamer USB WiFi 802.11n
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411
| OK
| Snick66
| Edimax EW-7612UAn / GWU-H612An
|
Gigabit Router/Switch
| Brand/Model
| A200 firmware
| Gigabit Mode
| 100mbit Mode
| Tester
| User notes
|
| Netgear GS116
| 02-02-100208-19-POP-411-000
| MIXED
| OK
| onnoossendrijver
| Detects Gige (set to auto). FTP crashes. SMB works fine.
|
| Netgear GS605
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| MIXED
| OK
| Bazrah/Chris57
| Detects Gige (set to auto) and transfers multiple streams fine. FTP causes freezes in GigE.
|
| HP ProCurve 1400-8G
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| MIXED
| OK
| Chris57
| Detects Gige (Auto) and transfers fine via SMB. FTP freezing.
|
| HP ProCurve 1400-8G (J9077A)
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Not Tested
| Snick66
| Works fine, no problems at all. speed up to 150mbps (FTP)
|
| TP-Link TL-SG1005D
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Not Tested
| Snick66
| Works fine, no problems at all. speed up to 150mbps (FTP)
|
| 3Com Officeconnect Gigabit Switch 8 (3C1670800b-ME)
| 02-02-100128-19-POP-411-000
| OK
| Not Tested
| Ragdd
| Works fine, no problems at all. speed up to +/- 150mbps (FTP)
|
Keyboards
| Brand/Model
| A200 firmware
| Compatibility
| Tester
| User notes
|
| A,N.Other XXX
| OK
| Chris57
| Need to reboot or be plugged in when powering up.
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