I have 2 external hard drives: 1 is 500 GB, 1 is 2 TB. Both have their own power cords. Will they work with this hub?
1555904
It probably will , once the AC power is connected to the energy . Exactly the same as you did before on your computer, but instead of using the USB HUB as a energy source it will use as data transfer.
1555905
yes they will, I have a 3 tb WD, a 2 tb Fatom,and a 1tb HP they all work fine, and and any thumb drive that I plug in syncs right up.Some of the thumb drives are usb 2.0 , no problem
1555906
They probably should, but as the comment I made states, it only worked for a week Regards Dr. Timms
1555907
I have 4 3tb enclosure plus 7 external drives .they work.i would think yurs should as well
1555908
Thanks to all. I also meant to inquire as to whether a powered hub would be better than the one noted. But based on these comments, I'll go with this more affordable hub. Thanks again.
1555909
I tried to plug in an external 320GB hard drive and it didn't work at all. The enclosure had its own power supply and I have plugged it into other USB Hubs before, but this one didn't even recognize it. don't know if it was defective or a limitation of the design, but I am returning it considering that I bought this Hub to swap multiple external hard drives and thumb drives. Hope this helps.
1479637
Hi there Since I have the 4 port USB3.0 ...I have checked that my external hard drives that are powered up by an extension cord are USB2.0 and it works with my USB3.0 port on the USB HUB. I can not see why not it would not work with the 7 USB 3.0 port. I have this USB 3.0 port hub on Windows 7 Ultimate so it will work with windows 7.
1519018
I don't think this hub is built to deliver that kind of power. All my external USB hard drives are separately plugged into the A/C. At minimum, your drive would probably have to be plugged into multiple USB ports.
259040
Sorry...don't know. I only have a Synology NAS, so no experience on the external USB HDs
1220872
Hmm.. not sure.. theoretically it should work but I didn't want to chance it. So I took my separate external 2TB drive and connected it and it works perfectly
473268
Yes one is for power the other power/data. I am running the drive on the data cable only. It did not run from the HUB without both plugged in, so I plugged the data cable direct to my laptop and it works just fine without the power cable.
85049
This is USB 2.0... usually one cord provides the connection and the 2nd provides the power. Basically this is 1 cord with 2 ends, the power connections on each of the 2 ends are connected to give me 1-2 amps instead of the usual .5-1 amp of power you'd get from a usb 2.0 connection. It will work if your seagate drive doesn't require an external adapter or NEED USB 3.0If your external drive is USB 3.0, it either comes with it's own power cord, or should be able to run off a USB 3.0 connection
1029524
Yes. I used 2 HDD external drives + 2 USB Flash drives. HDD 1 is WesternDigital 1TB (USB 3.0) and HDD 2 is Toshiba 500GB (USB 3.0).Both HDD does not use any AC adapters. I used on Windows 7 USB 2.0 machine and Windows 8.1 USB 3.0 machine.Both computer recognized 2 HDDs and 2 Flash Drives without any problems.However, when I tried with Dell tablet (Venue 11Pro), it only recognized 1 HDD drive.It may have some issue with tablet devices.
1891705
Should wrk. I only have two drives connected but they work just fine. I also use a external DVD player/recorder and printer. all have no problem working. Good luck.
2020844
Not sure, depends on your source USB port. To be sure, I would purchase a "powered" USB hub to connect your drives.
788738
Not in my opinion. You ned a Hub with electric power, because with the energy of the laptop only can connect 1 device , if you connect 2 devices and one of them is USB 3 , the device falls . I use 2 to 4 devices (Blu ray drive, Hard disk external) and they only work with a Hub with electric power. With this Satech Hub they don't work . Is a pitty because is very beautiful, but doesn't work , I'm sorry
680715
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.
2007749
Probably. I have six external hard drives, a dvd writer/player, an audio system, and I don't know how much more hooked up to it. I've never noticed a single problem with it, unlike every other USB Hub I've had, and there have many since I have so many external devices to hook up.
608825
You need to plug both USB ends. This way, your external HDD will draw more power than from a single USB 2.0 port.
2089049
This is a 9volt DC power supply, rated at 1.5 amps. As long as know that the power requirements of the external hard drive are less than 1.5 amps, it should work. You have to match the plug and polarity to use it. This is very important. Incidentally cable is 5 foot long.
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For me I found external hard disks worked, but I would get short term disconnects. I replaced my hub with a Anker hub and haven't looked back:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSLMTQ8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc;=1
259038
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.