can anyone tell if this thing will power my Seagate 1TB PORTABLE HDD ?? the emphasis is on "Portable HDD" cuz the hdd does not have external power
2085552
Yes, I'm using my Seagate 1TB External Portable Hard Drive with this media player. It will power the HD just fine.
2085553
Can't answer Seagate specific, but just tried it on my Hitachi 500gb PORTABLE HDD (usb 3.0, though it will only access as usb 2.0). Did power up (as in O!Play is the only power for the HDD).You might consider turning auto indexing off, or at least using the menu to manually navigate to the desired folder, if you have a lot of files on the drive. I always manually move to what I want.Also, there MIGHT be a limit as to how deep it will navigate, nested folder wise. Don't know if there is, but kind of sticks in the back of my mind. I regularly have root:->show->episode, and I'm sure it'll go a couple of more deep, but you start getting down too far... Can't answer Seagate specific, but just tried it on my Hitachi 500gb PORTABLE HDD (usb 3.0, though it will only access as usb 2.0). Did power up (as in O!Play is the only power for the HDD).You might consider turning auto indexing off, or at least using the menu to manually navigate to the desired folder, if you have a lot of files on the drive. I always manually move to what I want.Also, there MIGHT be a limit as to how deep it will navigate, nested folder wise. Don't know if there is, but kind of sticks in the back of my mind. I regularly have... » Read More Can't answer Seagate specific, but just tried it on my Hitachi 500gb PORTABLE HDD (usb 3.0, though it will only access as usb 2.0). Did power up (as in O!Play is the only power for the HDD).You might consider turning auto indexing off, or at least using the menu to manually navigate to the desired folder, if you have a lot of files on the drive. I always manually move to what I want.Also, there MIGHT be a limit as to how deep it will navigate, nested folder wise. Don't know if there is, but kind of sticks in the back of my mind. I regularly have root:->show->episode, and I'm sure it'll go a couple of more deep, but you start getting down too far... « Show Less
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No, it's intended as a desktop drive, meaning the external power supply is needed. But it's worth checking out LaCie's portable HDs. I have a 250GB Porsche-designed one that's been a workhorse for years.
1026142
I doubt it would work at all, it does not have the four pin slots to power the hard drive, but for the price, and if you're courageous enough to, it wouldn't hurt to try.
1960925
This external HD comes with its own power plug, and it has only 2 inputs. One for the USB cable and the other for the Power cord. I am guessing it will only work with the power plug it came with.
545847
Yes it works. However, this item does not come with a DC in port and therefore it will not support high power consumption device such as 3.5" external HDD.
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.
1443009
It work with my external HDs, and should be model independent (especially the one that run under its own power (not through USB alone). It also work with the HD that use USB power, but I personally feel that I cannot have a lot of that kind of HDs.
1554089
I tried my Toshiba HDDs but none of them work. I think it is because of power. But some people answered that it powered other brand HDDs. So I think it really depend on HDDs.
1389625
In order to get this unit to work with my hard drive I had to use an external power supply so i would have to think that you would be better off with a direct connection to the computer for charging any device. Hope this helps.
625581
Well I've never mounted this type of drive into and external enclosure but I'm fairly certain (about 85%) that you'll need more power than what a USB 2.0 can supply. Then again, I could be wrong.
687560
No, it won't even power the hard drive, I tried it and didn't work, probably using the current adapter may work.
406132
Mine did, external drives normally need an external power source. This was for an older WD MyDrive 500gb.
1079699
1, yes. if you power a HD of the 5V USB, it will run at about 5200RPM like a laptop HD. This will slow down your transfer rate. 2. I don't believe this should slow down other USB devices more than normal. Only one device can be accessed at a time anyway,but It all happens so fast you wont notice. 3. Depending on Seagate, normally the enclosure should see it has 12V and not need any power from the USB. Unless your are hanging 40 USB devices off your PC, there should be no power issues with other devices.
1354445
Yes. I have connected multiple external hard drives to this hub. It is a powered hub and will power drives that are not externally powered themselves (Drives which have only a USB connector and no DC adapter input).
1867066
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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I cannot address your specific application, but I am using an ADP 12V 1.5A 100-220V power adapter with an older 200GB Maxtor HDD. If the requirements of your Seagate HDD fall within the range of the APD power device you are considering, it will likely meet your needs. The requirements should be found on the Segate drive, the product literature or be available directly from Seagate. Hope this helps.
1456557
It's not a problem to power an external HD on this USB port. DVD? Sorry, not sure about that. Never tried.