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Connecting external Hard drives

Postby ColaBoy » Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:23 pm

I've just purchased a "USB 2.0 to IDE SATA 2.5 3.5 Hard external Drive Converter Adapter Cable" and wondered if the USB cable will supply sufficient power to the drive. Will I need to power it using a separate supply and transformer?
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Re: Connecting external Hard drives

Postby Gecko » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:49 pm

ColaBoy,

The ones I've seen at Office Depot come with an AC to IDE power converter, plus ATA and SATA power cables.
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Re: Connecting external Hard drives

Postby PcTestCard.com » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:14 am

Most of time, those cable come with the capacity to power up the HDD.
But still take precaution that some large HDD may need extra electricity power to spin on.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Connecting external Hard drives

Postby admp121 » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:05 pm

Sony released a PlayStation 4 firmware update today. Alongside some tweaks for PSVR and PS4 Pro users comes the long awaited introduction of external hard drive support.
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