Will The USB port support powering a portable Hard Drive?
441596
hi, yes it will, just as long as that portable drive doesn't require it's own power source. if your drive came with a power adapter, chances are you'll have to plug it into it's own source.
441597
Hey Bobbbo: I just plugged a 1 TB drive into the Micro 2. It gets its power from the USB, not external power and it's working fine. So you should be fine doing what you want. btw, I'm very happy with the unit too.
441598
Yes it does. I have my western digital passport connected to it where I play all my movies from.
441599
Yes. It will power up to a 1.5TB NTFS drive. Hope this helps. Have a great day.
441600
Yes. I switch between a 320gb WD passport and a 1tb Seagate GoFlex without any issue.
28085
I think that it would. I have had a number of bus-powered hard drives plugged in at the same time, with no problems. However, if you do not intend to use it for charging devices, you could save the $10 extra that the charging feature costs. I do use the charging ports, and I find them to be really useful.
339288
So if I'm understanding your question correctly, you can plug in a power adapter into the mini USB port to charge the device and at the same time use the USB 2.0 port to power and use an external powered USB hard drive.
1746421
Cannot answer. This power supply has a 5.5 mm female plug with a positive center receptacle. Need toidentify your hard drive input requirement and/or use an adapter.
854837
Yes, but you have to plug into 110 volt outlet. A WD USB powered drive is what I use for this purpose. They are compact and new models are over 1T.
781914
Yes. That's the main purpose of the mini USB, for power pass through. Hope this helps.
353980
I don't believe so. As far as I can see, the USB port is the only power source.
1299850
It should. The most I copied about 100GB at one time to my 1TB. I have connected it to a USB 3 - 10 port hub and directly to the PC . I have never needed to use the 5v power port. Hope this helps. Kenn
625581
Well I've never mounted this type of drive into and external enclosure but I'm fairly certain (about 85%) that you'll need more power than what a USB 2.0 can supply. Then again, I could be wrong.
921968
You will need to plug in a power connector to both the hard drive and the converter.
548414
Nope. It needs 5V 2000mA. TV USB ports are just mean for powering USB sticks. So it will not support the power rating required. Same is true for self powered USB drive of large size (1TB). They do not work on USB port. But you can connect them to a powered USB hub and connect that to TV. That should probably work.
1944359
Yes. I actually recently had to use the power from an older computer to get power to a old laptop drive and then hooked the USB adapter right to my computer worked perfect. I would not recommend doing it as a regular thing though.
1337002
There's not enough power (amps) through USB, it needs to be a self powered drive but yes it can hook up to the USB.Also must be formatted in FAT32.
1132930
I've never tried to use an external USB drive but I doubt it will power it. As for folders, it will display the
1778210
Absolutely. That's the exact reason I bought this cable and I use it with an "old" portable hard drive that is micro USB powered (My Passport 500GB from 2010). I've had it connected for at least a year and it works like a charm. I hope this helps!
1302300
Depends on what devise you have plugged in. A usb stick should work without the power cable, external drives would not.
1617681
I think you would be better served with a power adapter hub... search "usb hub with power adapter" on Amazon. I wouldn't put a HD on this Sabrent USB 4port Hub 2.0, it seems to lose connections with HDs too easily.