Has anyone able to use Seagate external desktop drives with this hub? Other USB3 hubs I used have flaky connections although drives are recognized.
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I know this is really late in response but I found that the 7 port hub would not work with usb 3 on my computer. I don't know if this is something to do with my computer's usb 3 chip set or if the hub is just bad. My computer is an HP Pavilion dv6. I had purchased 3 of the 7 port versions and all of them had the same result. They worked fine as a USB 2.0 hub but I really need the USB 3.0 version. Since they worked just fine with USB 2.0 I am thinking this is a chipset issue or firmware issue.
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i do not recommend buying a USB powered Hub for external drives. Buy the one with external power. The USB powered one will turn off your HD sometimes and it is annoying esp if you are downloading files.
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My Western Digital and Seagate 2TB portable USB3.0 drives work fine with it.
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I have a sort-of answer ---- I am not using additional drives on this HUB --- but, I am using one 2TB USB drive on another Anker HUB and it works fine. So, I am confident it will work --- I just have not tried it on this HUB. Also, this HUB is powered by the USB port whereas my other one has AC power --- so, that could play a role in how multiple disk drives perform.
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Do the external drives to be connected to the hub have their own power source? If they are intended to run off of the power of the hub, you may have problems. This is my speculation based on the note under the product description stating the product should not be used with WD passport hard drives. I have several of those, each 1TB, and they run off the power of the hub. Currently, they are plugged into USB 2.0 ports, but they are USB 3.0 compatible products used as "backwards compatible," and run very slowly with USB 2.0, but they run. With USB 3.0, there is evidently a reason they are not supposed to be used. So, I would say it depends on whether the external hard drives have their own power source and, specifically, if they are WD passport drives, the product information I saw said they should not be used with this hub.
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My external Seagate Backup PLus 4TB Desktop Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STCA4000100) works perfectly with KDLINKS, my hard drives are automatically formatted to NTFS.
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I am migrating to the WD Red drives. I have the 3 TB versions and will start using the 4 TB versions as I upgrade. I had Seagate Barracuda 2 TB ST2000DM001's installed and they have been failing VERY consistently. I deployed the Seagate's at work in a DS1511+ and have had similar issues with them there. I am replacing them with WD Reds. I wanted the higher spindle speed of the Seagate's but to have them failing so much I'm never using them again. Thankfully I recovered before we had a catastrophic failure.
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Hi C. Prendergast,I do believe I have used it in a USB 3.0 port before without issues. USB 3 hubs are supposed to be back compatible with all USB devices, so if it is giving you issues make sure you have installed any controller firmwares/drivers that it may require.Hope this helps :)
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My similar drive (5TB) is also equipped for USB 3, but it works great on my 2.0 ports. I assume it could transfer faster on 3.0, but there's no incompatibility.
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The hub will NOT work with out power. I tried it out with one USB drive and it will not read the drive until AC is added to the unit.
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Flash drives and HDD's will do fine on this hub. far as I know it doesn't have a dedicated charging port. all 10 ports look the same to me. I have hooked my smartphone and tablet to the hub and they both charge on any port as well as show up on my PC for data transfer at the same time.
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Mine came with a power brick, for what it's worth. I believe that this hub corrupted my external usb 3.0 hdd, and pretty much killed it. Don't know this for a fact but I don't use it anymore.
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Yep. That's the same thing I did. Of course your external HD will have to support USB2, because, I'm confident that you can't go: USB2 Mac -> USB3 hub -> USB3 HD. However, most newer ext HD's support both USB 2 & 3
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I have two Seagate slim External HD drive, one Seagate G0flex Satellite (Wireless) HD drive, one DVD External drive and Buffalo Accelerated Speeds USB 3.0 Card plug into the Anker USpeed USB 3.0 7 port Hub. All these devise work well with the hub. Also, I plug my i phone 5 into the 2.1A USB output port to charge my i phone 5. Anker has several model make sure you order the Anker USB 3.0 7-Port Hub with 2 Ports for charging (for cell phone or other wireless devices).
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I purchased a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex external drive with a USB port of 3.0 with 3TB capability. The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk Desktop Adapter 3.0 was perfect for it. However, I would make sure with my GoFlex instruction manual or I'd contact Seagate to verify if the Goflex Home product line with 2TB is compatible.
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If you read all the comments, the general consensus is this is not a good hub if you want to connect external USB drives for extended periods (ie. hours / days). I have tested it in that mode with a 2013 Mac Mini and I can say with certainty is doesn't work well with it. That is true both with MacOS and Windows 7 booted up. If you are talking about other devices (cameras, phones, dongles) I don't have any feedback for you. fyi: I bought a Anker AH232 USB 3.0 13-Port Hub a month ago to replace my Satechi. I have had no issues with it and the Mac Mini, so the problem is not the Mac Mini. Again I have used it with both MacOS and Win7 running on the Mac Mini.
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A.J., Thanks for your post, I have just done the same thing and it works a treat. My Mac picked up the Seagate drive on the desktop with no bother. Seems like the case and heat issues are letting Seagate down here.F