One of the downsides of Samsung's method is to scan the drive so it can build up icons of the movies. That could result in your complaint. Limitations in decoding could result in their apps retrying reads of failed decoding and put the HDD in some continuous read situation.
Nothing sounds truly new here. Yup, it can do that.
I doubt Samsung will address this anytime soon.
Bob
Hi there!
Since I remember I bought Samsung TVs and for many years I have used external HDDs (via USB) to watch movies from there.
With my new UE 6290 H LED TV I have a problem and hope that someone can help:
- 4 out of the 5 HDDs I own start "running"/get active right after I have plugged them in. They never stop, even if I don't use them at all. They continue being active and are all really loud.
4 HDDs are from Western Digital. 1 HDD is from Samsung. It is one of the WD HDDs that works (2 TB size). Another 2TB WD does not work. The Samsung HDD also does not work (or better: has the problem).
- the activity is so high, that they even delay using the TV itself. If I, for instance, start the MENU, this can take more than 30 seconds until it opens! Same for changing volume, etc. Everything is delayed by the running HDDs.
- when I start watching a 1080p file from one of the "problematic HDDs", it doesn't run smooth at all. The "false activity" seems to continue, while the file is played.
I have tried the following, but no success at all:
- switched off SMART-SECURITY
- scanned all the HDDs in SMART SECURITY. No viruses, no problems while scanning.
- I have tried all USB-ports on the TV
- I have tried all HDDs individually and all at the same time.
- I have tried one of the "freezing 1080p files" on the only working HDD and it runs absolutely smooth without any problem.
I am afraid that I am killing my HDDs while trying to solve this problem. They are really extremely active and loud.
Please help! I can't find anyone with a similar problem so far.
Excuse my bad English! ![]()
thanks!!!

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