Upgrade 5 - Model Y Big SSD Installation 

Pro tip. Change play back speed to 1.5X

I like how detail and educational this video gets to, it's not the just unplug and plug it in again now you done. I'm actually picking up the car tonight and this video is exactly what I need, thank you

All my questions are answered in this video. I always thought of buying a compact thumb drive for sentry recording and it occupies less space in glove box. After watching this video, I learnt that its not regular thumb drive, its a mini SSD drive that Tesla made as thumb drive size. OMG. Thank you so much. :)

Thanks for sharing, Dave. You had mentioned you were going to get a 1TB drive. Any reason why you chose 500GB, and why you chose the T5 vs the newer (comparably priced and twice as fast) T7?

Battery drain on sentry cam is material, maybe 1 to 3% of battery capacity per day. Between that and cabin overheat protection, you should be careful about parking your Tesla for over a week without doing the math on what to expect when you return. If charging is not available, you might want to consider turning them off. If you leave them on, check your app every 4 or 5 days to check your current State of Charge. At some point you might want to turn one or both of these features off.

Thank you for this. As simple as this is, we were having trouble the first go around. I’m not sure if it was a defective hard drive originally or that we didn’t hit stop recording, but I followed your steps with the new drive and it works flawlessly. Thank you

Love your channel. You are one of go to guys for everything Tesla.

another upgrade I have added to my buy list thanks Dave

Dave, suggest you get a tripod for camera so 2 hands are available for opening packages.

Great video! I didn't know about the pin for the glove box either. I'll be getting the largest SSD I can find for under $100.

As always, very useful information (commercial free!) . Thanks Dave

Nice the exact SSD I was planning on using. Thanks for the vid.

Thanks for this... I'm picking up my Y soon, I'll order one of these to add to all the other new things I'm buying! 😋

Great video. I got the same drive a year ago. I got it for storage space but also because I was hoping it would clear up the video glitches that appear on Sentry mode clips. Unfortunately my Sentry mode clips still have artifacts which is odd because manually saved dashcam clips do not: odd because they are supposed to be the same file(s) just copied to the Sentry folder. One thing to note is that Sentry mode is always recording even if it doesn't create Sentry clips. So if something happens with no Sentry events, you can still get to the past hour of footage by looking in the "Clips" folder (if the event was within the past hour).

Appreciate the upload. Helped me out tremendously with the setup 🙏🏼

I just went through this installation and the T5 drive would not format. I discovered that as long as any device is plugged into the USB-C plugs in the center console, the SSD drive in the glove box will not format. I have a lot of WAV and FLAC files on USB devices and a "hub" plugged into the console for housing those devices. I removed all that and the Samsung T5 formatted. The USB devices are now reinstalled with no conflicts.

I have used the same one for over 2 years, it’s bullet proof. I do wish the Y had a track mode to record track events. I’m going to secure mine with some Velcro. I wish Tesla would display the total capacity and what has been used. Oh and I just scheduled my delivery of my new PMY in Bloomington IL. Yea

Thanks for your demo!

Thanks for all your videos Dave! Your easy to understand and follow instructions have really helped me out, all of my 10 left thumbs and all lol.

Thank you, very detailed and informative. 👍

Excellent video. Much appreciated information.

But doesn’t dash cam and the other cameras only record the last 10 minutes of your travel?

Just make sure you secure the drive properly so that if you get in a crash the contents of the camera footage from the crash can be saved to the drive

Hello Dave, enjoy your video's keep them coming. I've been considering the same upgrade of this video but have eased the pressure on the trigger (if I may) because of recent video's and articles I've come across mentioning the power usage and heat generated by these SSDs. A group of Tesla owners are recommending to use a micro sd reader with a micro sd card 256gb to alleviate this problem. Is your T7 heating up and how much power does it draw? Thanks Dave

thanks dave!

Dave, you’re becoming a very experienced “one arm bandit”

Excellent presentation.

Tesla dashcam records on a Continuous loop, overwriting older footage unless saved

Very informative video thanks a lot!!!

Everything I have read says putting a larger drive will actually slow performance because the system is designed for 128gb. Interesting to see how this will work for you. Please post an update.

love this video

Thank you!

Another video I saw they formatted the ssd by going into the sentry button

Nice video regarts from the Netherlands 😊

Do you have to create a folder called TeslaCam? I just looked at my formatted Samsung drive and it has a folder called “TeslaCam” so the formatting process now creates the “TeslaCam” folder, whereas years ago you had to do that manually.

Thanks for the video Dave. Great instructions as always. Does anyone know if you can also add the music directory to this drive? 🤔

Good video ... I will buy the fingerprint protected version of this SSD, just in case anyone gets into the glove box !

Useful 🎉 thanks

would be nice to show people how to add music files and boombox files to same ssd

I am new to the Tesla Y and am wondering what is the difference between Sentry Mode and Recording? Please help

Hi Dave I enjoy your car talks and the scenery from your travels. One suggestion; maybe get a shorter usb cable with a right angle C plug. It takes up less space and the cable will take-up less space in the glove-box. Maybe cable tie the drive so there is less chance of the connections vibrating loose over time. The USB stick is light and firmly in place .Just a thought,if they have already broken into in your car wouldn't a screw driver pry the glove-box open? (locks are for honest people sadly..)

I think it is overkill. I usually view the video footage immediately from sentry alert and delete it afterward, 128GB is more than sufficient for me.

Can you BTwireless clips to your phone if you sentry recorda something?...If you have a PIN on glovebox can you open it via voice command?

1234? That's amazing, I've got the same combination on my luggage! Question about the glovebox PIN though. If someone breaks into your car without your key or phone, would they even be able to do ANYTHING on the screen? It seems like they shouldn't be able to open the glovebox even without the PIN if they don't have the key.

Good video, first time to watch you! Is a SSD or SD chip better for this application? Some say SD with reader that does not consume too much power and can write at the correct speed… your thoughts?

Dave good Video ... However --- Support has told me they could not see my system operation or some of the reports I sent them from my FSD Beta Reports because the LARGE SSD (500GB) was too big and I needed to install a smaller on .. well all i had smaller was a 32 GB drive that was not big enough (64 GB ) minimum .... What I did to get it back working again .. was to Re-Format the 500 GB drive and now I think thing are working fine... It was about 460 GB ... It should work but Tech tried to tell me that it was causing problems... Not sure that was accurate..?? I guess if you start having problems -- RE-Format..!!!

i upgraded to sandisk 500gb ssd. it failed in 2 months. Then I got samsung T7. It is beginning to fail. I don't get the reason for this

great video

Hey Dave love your channel can I ask with the SSD is there any restriction on size? Will a 1T SSD work fine or do you recommend no bigger than a 500GB? Cheers Mat.

I have a Samsung SSD in my model s. My screen froze and rebooted and Tesla service said it was because of my Samsung and then tried to sell me a tesla branded usb for $45.

I just watched another video which showed that tesla only keeps the latest 60 minutes of recording. If that's the case, why do you need larger ssd. Thanks.

it's still possible? On my Mod3 I can't play MP3 anymore, Tesla says: safety issue....

why upgrade??? its records in loops?

Hi I have tried to format my new SanDisk 2TB and it is still showing me unavaible in the Controls Panel.. Any tips? Maybe the a 2TB SSD is too Big ? Please help me I am clueless 😂

The Tesla USB Stick is not a Solid State Drive.

Will it void the warranty? Ty

I have the same drive for my Model S. But it seems incredibly unstable. I have formatted it per the directions (more than once) and more often than not the car doesn't recognize the drive for Steam gaming. I have unplug it and plug it back in and only 1 in 4 times does that work. Anyone else with some tips/solutions?

Do you keep smaller spare usb drives to give to people that need copies of data for accidents you caught on camera so they can have data for insurance or the police for their purposes or do you just load them on your computer and email them the clip. KO8CH

THANKS -- NEEDED THIS. Greatly Appreciated Dave ! QUESTION 🙋🏼‍♂ Has anyone purchased a much larger SSD (multi terabytes ?) for long term recording or is that not necessary !?

When the new drive gets full, does it automatically delete old videos to make space for new ones? Or does that have to be done manually?

Hello I have a question. Does the model Y come with that Tesla ssd? Or did you have to purchase separately ? Thanks

I’ve been trying to copy and save the dashcam 10 minute videos but when I go to my computer with my usb I can only view a minute or less of the dashcam I manually saved. Is there a work around for this?

Does this have to be a Samsung SSD or can a ScanDisk SSD do the same thing.

I just got my Tesla a few months ago, and when I looked up that drive they now have a 7 and 9 instead of the 5. Will those work also or is there something specific about the 5 which is needed? Also, im wondering how these drives work when the interior temp is over 150F. I live in the desert and so-far this summer it's been well over that inside the car when parked outside.

Shame they did not put a USB-C in the glovebox, maybe that would prevent the glitches.

I don’t think Tesla give you a ‘high quality SSD’, that is just a Samsung thumb drive.😂😂😂

Also it’s not MB, it is GB

Second time watching 👀.

Can i use hdd? I have one lying and its 1TB.

Can you use the same drive in a model 3

The Tesla USB is not a SSD. A true SSD has a more sophisticated Flash Memory controller and other electronics to improve speed and reliability, an SSD Drive can use different interfaces like USB 2.x, 3.x, SATA, etc. The Tesla USB is a USB-A 3.1 Flash Drive, Flash Drives are slower, with smaller capacities due to their size constraints.

Hi Dave can it work on Tesla model s 2016?

Dave needs a tripod.

It’s gigabytes not megabytes…

Memory and storage is a common misused term.

How did you manage to take 15 minutes to plug in a USB? Especially without covering the only important thing which is the power draw and size of the drive. Most 500gb drives are fine but the equivalent 1gb and 2gb drives can draw more current than the Tesla's USB port can provide. CRUCIAL information. Also remember the phantom drain when parked for long periods will increase. So basically this video is not very useful for 15 minutes lo.

EV DAVE hasnt a clue what hes talking about folks

Nobody cares about opening boxes

It is not entirely true that upgrading to a larger storage device alllows you to store more teslacam video automatically. User intervention is required every 55 minutes. Sounds weird, read on. After reading thIs comment, I suspect many of you will want to read about how to partition a single device to so it can handle teslacam and usb based music as the extra storage pace will be better served for music data. A benefit of usb music is no extra Bluetooth compression. Ok To make use of the extra disk space to store video, you need to manually select the dashcam record button every 55 minutes so the video data is transferred from the recents folder to the saved clips folder. No matter what, teslacam only stores 10 minutes of sentry events. Here is how teslacam works. This is in the user manual. The TeslaCam folder contains three sub-folders: Recent Clips: When recording, Dashcam continuously saves footage to Recent Clips in 60-minute cycles. Footage is overwritten every hour unless you manually save it. Four videos are recorded for each clip, one from each camera (front, rear, left, and right). Saved Clips: Contains all recordings that are saved using Dashcam. Sentry Clips: Contains the last 10 minutes of footage from all Sentry Mode events that triggered an Alert or Alarm state. If storage space on the USB flash drive becomes limited, the oldest Sentry Clips are deleted to provide space for new ones. Once deleted, you cannot retrieve them. When the USB flash drive runs out of storage space, video footage can no longer be saved. To prevent the flash drive from getting full, regularly move saved videos to another device and delete them from the flash drive.

I wont watch someone fumble with one hand. Dislike and move on!