compatability with HP Pavilion laptop I want to use the Western Digital 160 GB USB Drive with my HP Pavilion laptop (away from power sources). Does the USB port produce anough current to drive this HD? I've read that some laptops don't produce enough current, so when you plug it in, nothing happens. compatability with HP Pavilion laptop I want to use the Western Digital 160 GB USB Drive with my HP Pavilion laptop (away from power sources). Does the USB port produce anough current to drive this... » Read More compatability with HP Pavilion laptop I want to use the Western Digital 160 GB USB Drive with my HP Pavilion laptop (away from power sources). Does the USB port produce anough current to drive this HD? I've read that some laptops don't produce enough current, so when you plug it in, nothing happens. « Show Less
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I got a WD Passport 160 GB USB 2.0 Drive today. - It does not work on my 4-year old Compaq Presario 900 laptop (XP home with SP2). Nothing happens. - So far no trouble running it on my newer HP Pavilion dv4000 (XP home with SP2).With all the comments about working or not working with laptops I keep my fingers crossed! Noticed that reviews earlier this year were far more negative than more recent one's. Did they improve the product??
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Yes john it does. Have have the same laptop. But- 1) Costco has this unit at $89 2) The laptop does NOT have enought power to run two WD 160's. I had one die from under power when using two (2) WD-160gb's , a mouse and thumb drive.
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yes it works, however, you will see a red status light always on. HP does not support it but it is as good as HP drive except for the status light.
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If it has a USB connection there should be no issue. I have a 500 GB connected and have no issues. I ordered my HP split in June and have been happy with it so far.
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Identical devices should give the same performance whether they are USB powered or AC adapter powered. I think that if you have multiple storage devices attached to the PC and the performance seems slow, it would have to do with your mobo and not because of the USB attached storage device. This drive does not have an option for AC adapter power. USB is the only way to go.
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This memory isn't compatible with laptop computers. You should read the manual for the make and model of your laptop or use the HP website to find the correct type of memory to purchase.
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Sorry to answer a question with another question: Are the HP & Dell power supply voltage & current specs the same? and will the HP power supply male connector fit the Dell female connector? My problem was the male connector didn't fit.
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I can't confirm it works in an HP Pavilion. However, it did work just fine in my Dell Poweredge. Best of luck, Mike
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Not sure why you want this, the HP 650 has WLAN (802.11b/g/n (maybe it's not working?), it should work fine with the USB 3.0 ports (even though USB 2.0 is what this is built for, you'll lose some speed, but for the price, can't beat it). I've used on Win 8.x/7/10 Tech Preview/etc. I used the Vista drivers that came on the CD - that's working fine. Again, the HP 650 has built-in WLAN already. If you are having problems with the Notebook, feel free to ping me, happy to help resolve.
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I bought this as a replacement for an HP Laptop it worked great. To be sure though if you google search " is (type of charger) compatible with ( type of computer )" you should be able to get a more specific answer. I am sorry I could not be more help
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I replaced my Win 7 Lenovo's laptop hard drive with this one and it works fine. However, since the connector on this drive is not an USB type connector I wonder how you managed to get it to work as a USB. In any case, if you already have a primary hard drive with Windows on C, you need I would suspect you need to configure this "additional hard drive as a "slave" drive. Then you can only partition it as a logical drive, i.e. additional partition.
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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.
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I have the HP 10 inch, I am not sure what other specs might be needed in order to answer your question. It works just fine w/mine. However, I did notice that the charger would get hot initially if i attempted to charge and surf. I simply allowed it to charge fully before operating.
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If the Hitachi hard drive has SATA connections and the HP Pavilion model has an open SATA data connector. That's all there is to it. Both are either SATA connectable or not. IDE ribbon cables are much bigger and it's easy to tell the difference. Most motherboards of PCs anymore have up to 4 SATA data connectors. After that, it's a matter of connecting the power. The last Hitachi hard drive I worked with (500GB) was in internal SATA drive.
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Good question. I've been having issues with my hard drive lately. It says my memory is too low and to add memory. I've purchased an iPad to replace this product. For what I spent on this ASUS, I am not happy that it only lasted just over 1 year before major problems. I would look at an HP. Good luck.
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Nope. You need to use the included power supply. The USB port simply does not deliver enough power to operate 3.5" based external hard drives. Thumb drives use flash memory and the portable hard drives use smaller 2.5" or 1.8" laptop hard drives which use less power.
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I have a older hp pavilion pc with a round hd digital audio output connector and cannot find a cable to use on it . Can you help. Jerry
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I tried to plug in an external 320GB hard drive and it didn't work at all. The enclosure had its own power supply and I have plugged it into other USB Hubs before, but this one didn't even recognize it. don't know if it was defective or a limitation of the design, but I am returning it considering that I bought this Hub to swap multiple external hard drives and thumb drives. Hope this helps.