Will this work to power an External Optical Drive if one cord is pluged into my Surface Pro 2 and the other into the charger?
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Yes, I have a surface pro 3 and this USB Y-cable worked perfectly to power an external optical drive. The USB port of the surface pro is not adequate to power and optical drive on its own.
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Yes of course it does work with both surface pro and surface pro 2 as well as surface rt and surface 2.
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Hey Bobbbo: I just plugged a 1 TB drive into the Micro 2. It gets its power from the USB, not external power and it's working fine. So you should be fine doing what you want. btw, I'm very happy with the unit too.
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Yes and no. It will charge the device continuously while it has more than 20% power, but will alternate between the two when lower than that. It doesn't seem to charge the supple and the surface pro I have fast enough.
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No, the power supplies are no longer backwards compatible. See here: http://winsupersite.com/mobile-devices/surface-pro-3-power-connection
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It could AS LONG As the device you are powering has the same plug-in as on the cable. In my case I was looking to power an older external hard drive but unfortunately the plug-in on the cable was just a little bit different.
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The Surface Pro 3 adapter is 35W, 12V, 2.58A. So yes, this should work provided you find the charging tip. I'm still looking for one, if you do please post a link here!
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No, you can use whatever charging cable your device comes with. You just thread the cable through the side and into the correct slot. I have iPads and MS Surfaces together in this unit.
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Yes, I'm using it for a surface pro 2. Works great. It's the actual Microsoft product.
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You need to plug both USB ends. This way, your external HDD will draw more power than from a single USB 2.0 port.
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Yes, a device like this would cause a powered external drive to stay on as long as the USB hub is powered.
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Most modern computers have smart power supplies. For the Surface Pro 2 24W power supply, it is a smart power supply. It supports 100-240V ~0.65A, 50/60Hz Output 12V===2A (info taken directly from the specification sticker). So yes you can plug this to a 120 volt or 240 volt, but you'll need an adapter converter to convert the plug. I've bought this adapter for travel in the U.S., but now I'm working in the UK for a year and it works fine with the 230V 50Hz plug that's in the UK.
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All chargers work with the base tablet (e.g. Surface 2) but not all with the Pro 2 version. The Pro has higher specs. Check before you buy. I bought the Microsoft accessory kit with keyboard and car charger. Keyboard works great. Charger lights up but does not recharge it.
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yes! It would work with any electronic device that takes USB cord.If your Surface cable has a USB output that connects to your power outlet, then it would connect in the same manner to charger.
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You have two différent connectors. One for surface and surface 2, the other one for surface pro and surface pro 2. This one is for surface and surface 2.
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It works with surface pro, it must also work with surface pro 2 as the port is same
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It's a 3.0 USB. It would work best if you had a 3.0 port. The only other issue I could foresee is if a surface pro 2 needs a different cable, like a mini or micro USB. If it doesn't work, I'm sure they will refund you within a reasonable time frame.