Is the round port on the right side of the cable a power port? (I'm assuming 12V/0.5A.) If not, does a powered USB cable to the USB 2.0 ports work?
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Yes power and connecting your device I use with my ( samsung ATIV 3 TAB windows 8 Tablet) i connect my iPhone 5 it's charging and connecting Is that what you mean Thanks
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Yes, it is. Our product includes a power cable with usb port. You can use it to connect your computer to charge the adapter.
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Yes power and connecting your deviceI use with my ( samsung ATIV 3 TAB windows 8 Tablet) i connect my iPhone 5 it's charging and connecting Is that what you mean Thanks
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There are one cable USB to an -Mini USB ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#MINI ) in the packet. Its Powered by the USB, no need for extra power.
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I'm not sure, as I only have a USB 2.0 hub... I dont see why not. Still 5 volts I believe and receiving I.R. Is probably low voltage. G.L.
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I have not tried. But before i responded - i just went and brought a USB fan. An tried it this morning at work. An yes the ports work. thank you. The USB i used probably required more power than the ports give out.
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Yes. Even on USB 2.0, you may choose to use ONLY the black power/signal connector. It's really up to the component you are trying to power up, whether you need the added 0.5-ampere power boost afforded by having the red auxiliary power pigtail. Some circuits/devices just can't run on the low juice provided by one USB 2.0 hole, so for those, you add the extra "boost" line (red one).
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It's total crap. Doesn't work because I don't believe it's USB 2.0 compliant. Return it as "defective" (so you don't have to pay for postage), demand a refund, and then tell amazon to remove this nonfunctional item from its store. Good luck!
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1) are you sure your cable is a USB 2.0 piece? 2) is your cable plugged into a direct port on the computer and not a hub, especially if the hub is un-powered
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I think there's one very important point that no one has mentioned: USB 3.0 provides 0.9 amps while USB 2.0 provides 0.5 amps. Keep that in mind. BTW, 3.5" always needs the power adapter; 2.5" USUALLY (not always) is not required.
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I'm donating it so it's packed away right now. I seem to recall a cable that had a standard A connector on it. Whatever it was, it didn't meet my needs, and I bought a 2 port front panel USB 3 unit.
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I experienced this same issue when using the micro-USB port for charging. Using the round slot with the original power adapter charged it correctly in my situation.
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Yes. It's a funky 3-way cable that allows it to plug into 2 of your computer's USB ports, in case 1 port doesn't provide enough power. I think that's only an issue for older (USB 1.0?) ports. It works fine on my computer using just 1 port.
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If I understand you right, yes. The hub is powered and will provide power to any thing plugged into it (optical mouse, keyboard, Thumb drive). The 2 "high" power ports are for fast charging something but does not fast charge if the hub is connected to a PC. They supply the usual USB voltage.
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Do both male ends of the cable have data? I want to use it to power a device without backfeeding power to usb on computer.
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Not sure, check with Targus (website FAQs); I am using USB for power from PC. Sorry.
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1) are you sure your cable is a USB 2.0 piece?2) is your cable plugged into a direct port on the computer and not a hub, especially if the hub is un-powered
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Power source is not USB. Comes with 12 VDC power adapter. Has two different data interfaces: USB 2.0 or eSATA. Use either one at a time, but not both. I have found the USB interface to be more reliable, although a bit slower, but not by much.
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Hi there, only to let you know that I bought 2 of them about 2 years ago I have replaced both with other brands, because a usb port failure. My advice find another brand. Thanks