Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY used this with a 3.0 external hard drive?
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I have 2, 3 and 4TB drives connected to a NAS through this hub. Works just fine.
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Yes. The USB 3.0 cable on the hub was connected to a USB 3.0 port on the back of the PC. A 2.5" drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure (not powered) was plugged into the Sabrent hub and the PC recognized the drive and its contents were visible on the PC. Then a 3.5" drive in a powered USB 3.0 enclosure was plugged into the Sabrent hub and it was also recognized by the PC. I reran the test using a USB 3.0 port in the front of the PC case and again both drives were recognized.But I've generally found that most USB hubs work "best" when they are plugged into the USB ports at the rear of the PC and not the ones on the front of the PC case that are connected to the motherboard headers. Hope this helps you. Yes. The USB 3.0 cable on the hub was connected to a USB 3.0 port on the back of the PC. A 2.5" drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure (not powered) was plugged into the Sabrent hub and the PC recognized the drive and its contents were visible on the PC. Then a 3.5" drive in a powered USB 3.0 enclosure was plugged into the Sabrent hub and it was also recognized by the PC. I reran the test using a USB 3.0 port in the front of the PC case and again both drives were recognized.But I've generally found that most USB hubs work "best" when they are plugged into the USB ports... » Read More Yes. The USB 3.0 cable on the hub was connected to a USB 3.0 port on the back of the PC. A 2.5" drive in a USB 3.0 enclosure (not powered) was plugged into the Sabrent hub and the PC recognized the drive and its contents were visible on the PC. Then a 3.5" drive in a powered USB 3.0 enclosure was plugged into the Sabrent hub and it was also recognized by the PC. I reran the test using a USB 3.0 port in the front of the PC case and again both drives were recognized.But I've generally found that most USB hubs work "best" when they are plugged into the USB ports at the rear of the PC and not the ones on the front of the PC case that are connected to the motherboard headers. Hope this helps you. « Show Less
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Yes, I am successfully using this with all my USB 3.0 External Hard Drives 2 1/2" (Seagate's and Toshiba's) ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB. Works like a champ. I am using this on a Windows 7 Home tower computer I built (Intel platform). This unit provides enough power to run the external hard drives at USB spec 3.0.
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Thank you for your interest in our products. This will not work with external drives/hard drive devices, it will only work with thumb drives.
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While I have not tried a 3TB hard drive in this device I have used it with a 2TB drive and see no reason why a 3TB wouldn't work!
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ABSOLUTELY. I have been using a pair of 3TB, a pair of 4T and a pair of 1 TB seagates for some time with no problems. I do not use any of their special back-up software. (KIK, Ph.D.)
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I'm assuming that it is capable of accommodating three external USB 3.0 hard drives simultaneously. I haven't tried it is myself; so I can't say for sure. I've only plugged in a USB 3.0 flash drive and a USB 2.0 flash drive simultaneously and it has worked flawlessly. So I would buy it and try it.
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Yes, but keep this in mind : The only external hard drives I ever got to work with this device are Buffalo- branded ones. I tried WD, Ragate, and Maxtor USB 3.0 and 2.0 drives with no luck at all. However, I had Buffalo - branded drives working on two ports at once.
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It doesn't work very well with anything. The 3 Tb drive that I got was bad out of the box. Support was marginally helpful but when the drive still had not shipped 10 days after the RMA was issued, I gave up and returned it.
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Yes. I have an older hard drive in my enclosure and am running it on a laptop that doesn't have USB 3.0
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It does work with my flash drive, but I've never tried an external hard drive. I'm not sure how it would handle a hard drive with other types of files on it.
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I have not tied that specific drive but used Western Digital 500 gb, Acomdata 120 gb and some USB thumb drives. Everything worked fine. I think as long as the hard drive can be connected via USB 2.0 it should work.
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I actually have the 4-port version and it works perfectly with removable hard-drives and it also works well with an internal hard drive that I have placed into a USB 3.0 powered external hard-drive enclosure.
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USB 3.0 is backwards compatible with 2.0 so in theory it should still work. I can't speak from experience though so I'm not 100% sure it will work.
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I used WD, Seagate, Toshiba 2TB portable USB 3.0 hard drives with it without any difficulty.
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: Good question, Alan - thanks for asking! As you mentioned, the My Cloud (and similar NAS devices from other manufacturers - this is not strictly a WD issue) are a bit picky when it comes to using USB 3.0 hubs. Generally USB 2.0 hubs work more reliably in this type of configuration, so we generally suggest going with that option. If the speed of USB 3.0 is a necessity, directly attaching a drive to the NAS will probably be the most reliable solution. If the speed of 3.0 is needed along with having additional ports, it's probably a good idea to contact WD to see if they have a tested/approved list of USB 3.0 hubs that have been tested with this NAS. If you have any other questions or concerns by all means feel free to send us an email at support@plugable.com - thanks!
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Has anyone tried to connect an external HD to the USB port and saved their files?
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Of course. USB 2.0 will never match 3.0 speed. When the drive worked read on 3 was at least 4 times faster
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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