Does the USB connection support USB 3.0 drives
890818
I check in the entire manual and there is no mention of the USB Port Version. Sorry.
2264707
Not 100% sure. But I do know the transfer speed is less than 20mb/s. Very disappointing for a 3.0 USB
2026208
Yes, just as long as it is formatted in FAT32 (the default file format). Silicon Power 3.0 USB disks are backwards compatible with USB 2.0.
36841
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.
1677385
Seems to be limited to USB2.0. Also as someone already noticed it doesn't seem to support large external drives. I wasn't able to get either of my 3TB drives to work. All usb thumbdrives worked though.
1911284
It comes with a USB 3.0 adapter and cable. Does your old one support USB 3.0? The female connector is different than previous. The adapter aspect is more like I'm not computer literate but the L shape power and sata data input. Hope that helps
1010672
Yes. The drive will run at the maximum speed if your machine up to USB 3.0.
2020844
Not sure, depends on your source USB port. To be sure, I would purchase a "powered" USB hub to connect your drives.
649157
yes. you can connect USB 3.0 devices to a USB 2.0 port... It will run at 2.0 speeds.
1952868
Some are and some are not. They usually indicate if a 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0 on the package or description. This particular USB 3.0 works with 2.0 as well and it has been working just well for me.
36840
Usb 3 is backwardly compatible with usb 2. You can use the usb 2 cable to connect to the drive but your data transfer rate will only be that of usb 2. This is variable depending on the hardware software, cable, file size but for example usb 2 of 30 mbps and 3 of 100 mbps (note the actual specifications of both standards are much higher)
1392809
Yes, It is compatible. However the speeds is not the same as with 3.0 and sometimes it fails the transfer
1347960
Yes. It says in the description USB 2.0 compatible. Data transfer will be slower than USB 3.0 though
355964
A USB 3.0 cable comes with the drive. It is my understanding that USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, but I have USB 3.0 on my machine and have not checked that.
320810
An adapter is not supplied. I have no problem with the 3.0 USB connection. External power adapter port is available. Very happy with this drive.
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It didn't work for me with a single USB 3.0 port. I also had to connect the additional cable to the USB 2.0 port I have to power the drive.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible, so any USB 2.0 will work in it. I don't see any reason why this setup shouldn't work. Hope this helps.