will this hub work with the superdrive? Does anyone know if the superdrive will work in this Satechi hub?
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Note that Airs through the 2011 model came with 2 - USB 2.0 ports; starting with the 2012 model they now ship with 2 - USB 3.0 ports. USB USB 2.0 powered HDs are designed to work within standard USB 2.0 specs, i.e. max 0.5 A @ 5V. If you are getting 2 external drives to work through one hub that is pretty good already, as together they are probably drawing greater than the USB 2.0 spec. The Air's USB ports are purposely over-designed to power an external Superdrive, which pulls 6-7 W (a bit over 1 A @ 5V, which is actually greater than the USB 3 spec of 0.9 A @ 5V). That's what makes an Air great at charging Iphones, which similarly pull about 1A. I would recommend running "overpowered" devices like the Superdrive or iPhone directly from the Air's USB port, and not through a USB 2.0 hub. If you need to run a bunch of lower power USB devices, too, it would be fine to run those through a hub on the Air's other USB port. Mainly my $0.02, but I am a very happy owner of a 2011 Air which has worked very hard over the last 14 months, and shows no signs at slowing down.
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I can see nowhere that it can be used with this unit. The specs show SATA not solid state. I would say if the drive does not fit it won't. I can't speak for the way a SSHD stores its info compared to a SATA disk drive.
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Yes it will work with any SATA drive. It is made to connect to an external SATA connector on computers that have this availible. This is the e-SATA end. The other end of the cable is a standard SATA connector just like the internal SATA cables.
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im sure it will work, but the thing is if the usb port (not on your mac) does not have external power supply, it will drain power from your mac. it is best to get the one that has external power supply. you might want to get a second opinion from where got your mac. you probably dont need this device just to connect the SuperDrive, you could just connect is straight to it, unless you have other devices you want to connected simultaneously.
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All I know is this. It is non-powered hub. Works for multiple flash drives *as many as three have worked at the same time for me*, but if you try external hard drives you will run into difficulty because there is insufficient power from a single USB port to run multiple devices that need more power. t
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Yes, it would work with just about any drive. It's very easy to use, and has a clear instruction sheet.
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Yes. One thing that I had to do thought was first hook it up directly to my laptop and get it working. Then I could move it to a hub and it would work. For me, it did not work right away attached to the hub but has worked fine since.
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It should work fine with your seagate drive. NextStar is just a metal case with a standard plugin for SATA drives. Caveat: I have no direct experience with your particular drive, but from looking at my case, it should be ok.
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Sorry, I did not try to connect a USB hub. This did not work in my MB so I had to buy another attachment.
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It works with flash drives / USB sticks. HD use a lot of power to spin the drive. U may need additional pwr to get your HD to work. Other than that the device works as advertised. An SSD should have no problem and in fact a well made USB HD too.
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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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I am using it on a Windows PC. The Superdrive may work if it does not go over it power needs. I have plugged in extrenal USB 3.0 hard drives and it powered them without any issues. I have had USB HUBs that would not work but this unit has enough power to the ports to work.
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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
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for posting your question here! No, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HKIDF2 is a bus powered hub and is not expected to work for your intended setup. We have had other customers who got this product after reading http://blog.jdslabs.com/?p=838 and were disappointed when it did not work. Hope the above information helps! If you need any additional information, please do feel free to shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help! Thanks! Regards, Roze Plugable Technologies
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I just Received this drive. It is not compatible with the thunderbolt adapter (no I/O sockets for the adapter). It only has a USB-3 and power connection. I'm not sure where they came up with STDU4000100 on the sales page because the model # on the case is: SRD00F2. I will be questioning Amazon on this.
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Hi, it is easy to check whether it will work or not. check the pin connector in product picture and find out whether it will mate with your Hard drive. I googled your description and looks like it will mate, just in case verify it with pin connector as i told above.
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I'm not the seller, sorry. I'd suggest looking up some installation guides because it can be a little tricky I had to buy a powered USB hub when I got mine.