Can this hub work with multiple USB-powered external hard drives? Or charge multiple phones/tablets? Thanks!
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I have only use it as a hub to increase the number of USB ports in my computer. I do not know if it works in other devices.
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Yes....seems to work well, at least it did when I remembered to turn it on. Each hub has its own on off button.
1681293
I have not used hard drives with it but have concurrently used 30 G flash drive, printer, web cam, and mouse. You can turn each port on or off independently.
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Definitely with hard drives that is the main reason I got it. I have 2 ex drives and a wireless mouse plugged into it. I would imagine it works with any other USB device. So far works fine no problems.
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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.
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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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No, it will not work as a USB hub at all. It will only charge elcectronic devices....
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didn't try, but worked with 2 usb drives no-powered, means that the hub give enough power, so it should work fine. doesn't charge the ipad, but nothing charges it except direct usb connection.
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Yes, that will work. The 2nd USB connector is just for power. That's because some older USB ports will detect a power overload if the drive tries to pull all its power from a single port. To workaround that they the Y cable can be used to pull power from 2 ports. Non-anceint USB ports, like 2.0 or 3.0 or from a powered hub will probably work fine if you just plug in the one end of the cable. Try it with just one. If it works, you're good. If it doesn't, the computer will tell you "power overload detected" and the drive won't work, but no damage will be done.
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It needs 2 powered USB ports to operated correctly. You would need would need 2 hubs
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10 4tb HDDs....that is some heavy editing. The iDsonix USB 3 has 10 powered ports and an 11th port for ONLY charging, but you can read that in the description. I like that you can turn off each "set of three ports" with their individual on/off switch. I connect three 1TB HDDs and the other seven are used for misc. things. Powered wireless mouse, 2 usb to micro usb (not powered). I can't say that 100% of the time all ports are in use. I love mine and I'd suggest you try it. If it doesn't handle your load Amazon with take it back. Good luck
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I haven't personally tried this, but it is externally powered by an outlet, so I don't see why not. It would have enough power to work. But speeds will depend on your computers chipset, your external drives and the Hubs maximum supported rate.
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This works any usb port really. Its designed to give self powered devices like 2.5inch external HDD's extra power when the usb port is low power. Also USB 3.0 will work on older usb 2 and even 1 ports. It will just slower transfer speeds.
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I use this purely as a charger not as a USB hub. The key is being BC 1.1 compliant. I charge an iPad and iPad mini at the same time. It can pump 2.5 amps max across all ports. It will charge all 4 devices at normal USB rates but if you only hook up 2 devices they should both charge twice as fast! (1000 mA rate)
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER:Thanks for posting your question here, John! No, Plugable USB 2.0 2-Port High Speed Ultra Compact Hub/Splitter (480 Mbit/s, USB 2.0 Windows, Linux, OS X, Chrome OS) is a bus powered hub and cannot be used for device charging. If you need any additional information, please do shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help!Thanks!Regards,RozePlugable Technologies
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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, though i've only connected about 6 at one time. ran 3 hard drives, 2 usb devices, and a iphone5 charger for a couple hrs. no problem
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The answer is yes; 4 different peripherals can be connected to be powered from 1 usb hub of a pc. With multi connections case; in order not to lose any data transfer speeds of the connected devices, usb hubs of the pc should either be usb2.0 high-speed type or -much better- usb3.0.
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I don't see why not. I have 2 external drives running on mine. One powered by the Hub and the other by it's own power source. All 3 of yours have their own power source.
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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.