Does this come with a Y cable indicating that it may need power from two USB ports at the same time?
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So far I am using only to ready DVDs with one USB 3 port and it working well.
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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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I tried using this on a Surface Pro 3, which has only one USB port (USB 3.0), to read a software DVD and it failed. It did work on a laptop that had 2 USB 2.0 ports.
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I have tried it with two cables plugged in and mine will not do both at the same time.
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There are one cable USB to an -Mini USB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB) in the packet. Its Powered by the USB, no need for extra power.
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Yes. 2 USB at the same time and in addition another AC plug. All will power simultaneously.
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Only one. But you can buy a "Y" cable at Radio Shack, Target, Best Buy, or even Amazon very cheap.
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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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Yes. It's a funky 3-way cable that allows it to plug into 2 of your computer's USB ports, in case 1 port doesn't provide enough power. I think that's only an issue for older (USB 1.0?) ports. It works fine on my computer using just 1 port.
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I don't believe it does. It only delivers power when something is plugged into one of the ports.
1045358
Yes, it does. The functionality is iffy though. Mine still works but only one of the ports and it's on and off.
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If you are using a low-power USB connection then the second cable provides additional power. You probably won't need to use it.
1111843
There are one cable USB to an -Mini USB ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#MINI ) in the packet. Its Powered by the USB, no need for extra power.
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They don't have to be.The two black connectors are power and data, the white connector is power only.The purpose of this cable is to power a device that exceeds the limit for a single USB 2 port.Note that USB 3 ports have more power and shouldn't need a Y cable.It is possible to plug the white plug into a separate USB power adapter.This is chancy because it is possible for the power to feed back into the device the black plug is attached to and damage it.For some devices this is the only way to solve a power issue.
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I can charge one at a time with the attachments provived.But I wonder if you can use a y-connector type device at the larger usb end
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No, it ships with two USB cables - one for data and another for power (intended to run off of the laptop's power/battery). You should be able to use an additional A/C to USB power adapter.
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Hi Nolan Briggs,Yes, you will use a Y-cable because the input at the back has 2 inputs. Thanks. >Joffrey
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No it does not. You are pretty much limited to just two usb ports and not much else. Still I have been happy with it for a sleek, lightweight laptop.
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No, it has three power connectors for IDE hard drives or CD-rom & DVD drives. If you need more than three connectors, as I did, you will need to purchase a "Y" connector to get an additional power connector.