I have been reading some comments about Xiaomi MI TV BOX S users and there seems to a slight problem with external hard drives.
Would i need to get something like this:
Asking because by the info ive gathered is that even if the MI TV box is in sleep mode it will keep on the external hard drive running (2TB external drive).
This is something i would like to prevent,everything (TV box,tv,etc) would be plugged to a strip,so im wondering.
when my pops goes to bed or we leave the house,if i turn off the MI TV BOX S,then the tv and then the switch on the strip would that damage the hard drive?
im kinda lost when it comes to this,dont want to keep on turning off improperly the external hard drive because that would lead to corrupt files or just plain breaking the external hard drive right?
only solution ive seen is to use one of the items i linked before,so i would just press the button on the device and that would turn off ''properly'' the external hard drive?
thanks in advance for the help.
There is no software solution to this. Unlike Shield TV, Mi Box doesn't allow you to completely cut off USB port power. You're looking at solutions with a physical switch or unmounting & unpluging the drive periodically if this really bothers you. I think the simplest way is to use a external drive (or USB enclosure) with an on/off button. SSD/flash drive is also a possible solution. But they can still get very hot (especially those cheap USB 3.0 thumb drives) if powered on for too long.