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tommpd

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Hi all. Looking for help with buying a droidbox. I have been trying to get a T8-S Plus V 2 but it comes up as a T8 SE. Is this a new model replacing the V2?
 

David Savage

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If you want the T8-S plus v2 check Amazon as droidbox sell there to.
But not many left and its not in the Black Friday sale. The T8 SE is at a great price on droidboxes main site....check it out.
 

tommpd

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Thanks David, got myself one in the sale. Was looking at the spec's but it doesn't say if it takes a hard drive and if so can you just swap over from the T8-S v 1 as mine has started to reboot at start-up and then lose net connection. Just haven't the time to get it sorted as explained in another thread. Just keeping it on in the meantime lol (your idea)
 

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The T8 SE is smaller than the Plus devices so it is not able to take an hard drive. You can however connect it to external drives via USB.
 

tommpd

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Good job, thanks. Just a quick question. Is there enough power from the usb to power the hard drive or would you need a external power source. Sorry for being a bit daft but I want to be sure before getting one.
 

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I've not got one to test the maximum current that can be pulled, but the earlier models were OK. If the hard drive has a mini-USB connection and you find it can't pull enough power, something like https://www.tesco.com/direct/starte...al-hard-drive-03m/552-3933.prd?skuId=552-3933 might help
552-3933_PI_1000560MN