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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
I have to say this fits my experience as well. I also had 4 Toshiba drives that never worked consistently. Although for those, I think part of the problem was that the cables that came with them required 2 of my computer's USB spots - it could be my negative memories have more to do with them taking up too many of my USB ports. As a laptop user, there never seem to be "enough" of those.  |
The cables required two USB ports? I don't recall seeing drives attached via USB that had that requirement. One issue I have seen attempting to attach external drives is whether the device provides sufficient power to the external drive through the USB port. I've had cases where it didn't, and if I didn't plug the drive into a powered hub, it would appear on the host device and then disappear because the device couldn't power the drive.
But insufficient USB ports is what USB hubs are for. I have a 7 port USB2 and 4 port USB3 hub plugged into my desktop (and the 7 port is fully occupied by USB2 flash drives.) It proved simplest to connect the USB2 hub to the USB3 hub. That had a fringe benefit - when the USB2 hub was connected to the motherboard, flash drives connected to it showed in the UEFI display and I had fun figuring out what they represented. Plugged in through the USB3 hub, that does not occur.
I have a 10" Android tablet that has a full sized USB port. That was a boon, as it gets used with a Logitech Portable USB keyboard, which can plug in without an OTG adapter. For that matter, I can plug in a tiny 4 port USB hub and use both keyboard and mouse.
But the tablet
doesn't recognize a USB thumb drive if I plug one into the full sized port. That requires connecting it to a USB hub plugged in via OTG adapter to the microUSB port.
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Dennis