Will this allow me to use an external DVD writer/reader on my newly purchased Pro3? USB port on Pro3 didn't work. Thanks
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Im sorry I dont know but what I do know is that it wont work with power cable. It covers a part of the slot for charger. Hope this was useful.
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Yep, it does. One of the male is blue ( indicating it has to be USB 3 ) and the other is white. I have tested the following: 1.) The Blue one needs usb3, while the white one does not. However, if u happen to plug both of them to USB 3.0 no harm, second one as u mentioned is to draw additional power only. 2.) Power from both USB ports will be needed only when you are burning. I have tried it with just the one blue port connected for reading disks and it does work without any issues and does not seem to lack power. However, DVD writing and BR Writing requires power from both ports... ( to cross USB's 1 Amp barrier ) , basically that is what they do internally, they draw from both ports in parallel. and lastly i also once happened to use this on a box without USB 3 ports and for my surprise that worked too, although i noticed lots of difference (negative) in the way it reads, changes speed etc. so definitely it is detrimental to the device, however in emergency u need a disk writer/reader on a older machine, it does work. Hope this helps.
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Even if your DVD player had a USB port, it does not work this way (USB port would most likely be for upgrading firmware or plugging in compatible media). The media-share device does not have the neccesary drivers to allow it to act as a "Host" device, even for USB DVD/RW drives.
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Yes. If the slot drive ever fails, you can connect a usb external drive such as Samsung Portable DVD Writer Black 8X Slim DVD+/-RW (TSST SE-208DB/TSBS)
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This piece requires two USB connections, one for power and the other for data transfer. I do not know if Surface Pro3 has two USBs. Also, I am not sure if the Pro3 has the driver for this device.
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Get a card reader that will use your existing usb ports. You can pick them up on Amazon, Radio Shack, Walmart, so many places. Get a cheap one....they all work and those that are usb3 compliant might be more than your computer can handle.
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On the newer version, that is correct. You can get an external DVD player and plug it into a USB connector and it works perfectly.
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Hi Eric. Yes, it will work on a 3.0 USB port since USBs are forward and backward compatible. The difference will lie on the maximum speed supported by each one.
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this works just like an internal dvd-r. It reads and rights CDs, CDR, CDRW, DVD, DVD-R and DVD-RW it just connects via a USB port.
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You supply the writer. It does have USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. Two 3.0 and four 2.0.
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It's a standard PC so it'll take anything you can plug in to it. By DVD port I assume you mean USB so yes, it does have several USB ports for you to connect a external DVD drive.
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Yes, it does work with a Surface Pro 3; however, you need a special Y-cable like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003HHK576/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. The external drive consumes more power than Surface Pro 3 USB port can provide. Without the Y-cable, the external drive used to disconnect intermittently.
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Not tried on surface pro. If the port is named USB3 with the SuperSpeed logo than it needs to be compliant with the USB3 standards.cu,Andreas
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Hi I think it would but do a search on this external DVD reader to really make sure. Cheers, Darryl
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Yes. This notebook has a 3.0 usb interface that allows connection with CD/DVD/Bluray external writers/players. here is the link to ine of them (http://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Player-External-Laptop-Burner/dp/B001TVAU0E)
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The external dvd drive works with a standard usb connection as long your computer has usb port yes it will work
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I wanted to go ahead and state this here in case anyone else is looking for an answer to this question that they can be rest assured, It Works Great on my Windows 7 x64 OS and on the package it comes in states this "High Speed USB 2.0 Mobile Card Reader/Writer" Yes writer and writes very well to my smart media card, if i known this ahead of time it could have saved me money from purchasing a separate unit that had writer labeled on in its title.