Can this be used with a 3.5" hard drive?
191704
NO. I found the "yes" answer so I bought this connector. But the reviewer is WRONG. The connector fits but now I know that a 3.5" drive needs 12V power and he's full of it. WILL NOT WORK ON 3.5 inch drives!
191705
Do not buy this for a larger hard drive. It has two USB ports, one just for extra power, but even with that connected to the wall, it does not have enough power to run a desktop hard drive.
191706
This did not work on my WD Blue 500GB drive. You need an external power source to power the drive. SATA connection worked fine. There just wasn't enough juice to power the hard drive even with both usb connectors plugged in.
191707
Yes it can so long as it is "SATA" meaning it has SATA connectors. Would be optimal to use USB 3.0 as that would provide more power.
191708
Yes. It does work with 3.5" SATA drives. This is the only SATA to USB converter that I found to be compatible with 3.5" hard drive because it's got an extra USB for the extra Power to run the bigger hard drives.
1210538
Yes. It's a 2.5" 7mm height drive. Most are 9.5mm high but the shorter height should cause no problems. There are 2mm spacers in the event there's some mounting issue.
1243388
Yes it will. 5.75 x 4 inch hard drives are actually 3.5" HDD. With a small caddy this can even hold 2.5" HDD's as well. As long as the drive is Serial ATA (SATA) and not parallel ATA (IDE) you will be golden.
2164524
You could, but the screw holes to hold the HD are made for a 3.5" HD. So if you want to put a laptop HD it will remain loosen inside the enclosure.
1036327
This harddrive that is in question is a 3.5 inch in size. Your enclosure is a 2.5 inch casing. Will not fit.
2182730
One of these cables will certainly not work with a desktop 3.5" hard drive because 3.5" desktop hard drives require separate power. They cannot be powered by a USB device like 2.5" laptop hard drives can be.
195595
The portable HDD in my case is 3wx 4 1/4h x 3/4 d. The answer would be yes.
1899191
I have a Seagate expansion. Please compare the dimensions. if the Hard drive is less than 3.7 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches(dimensions odf the case), yes your hard will fit in
776659
I have not seen a laptop that will accept a 3.5 inch drive internally. Someone familiar with all the details could mount a drive like this in a case to use it as an external drive. I found drives for the Compaq, such as "250 Gigabyte Hard Drive for Compaq Presario M2405LA". It is 2.75 inches wide.
1549316
Yes, it will work with the 3.5" hard drive! The 5.25" are the outside dimensions, that will fit on a CD ROM or DVD bay which are 5.25"
1988038
If it ends up with the same form-factor as a 2.5" drive, then yes, I would imagine so.
2261997
You should use the power adapter with 3.5" drives. You really don't need to with 2.5" drives
824753
Max supported size? Dimensionally, it fits every modern 3.5 inch drive I've tried. Gig/Terabyte wise, it doesn't care, the Serial ATA (SATA) data connectors pass through. If your drive will work without this dock, it should work with the dock.It's sort of like asking how fast a car can your garage handle. The garage doesn't care about speed, just if it will fit through the door.
1127796
It will fit anywhere a 3.5" hard drive will fit, but without the specific computer i can not tell you if it will fit in yours.
1581099
No. This is for a laptop. You need a 3.5 in h hard drive. The connections are different.
1127795
The format of this case is exactly the same as a 3.5 inch hard drive. So the bottom line is... if a 3.5 inch drive will fit, then this adapter case will fit.
1773410
I believe it will work with both. Mine was a 3.5". I believe it is a standardized connection for hard drives.