What is the largest external drive supported? My similar connector with USB 2.0 tops out at 32GB.
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Limitations for drive capacity are not from the cable, they are from the device hardware. When connecting devices through this cable to a Samsung Galaxy Note III, I tested various flash drives 2 GB to 32 GB without issue, external USB DVD, external 2.5 and 3.5 hard drive enclosures containing between 120GB and 500GB capacity storage volumes, and so on.
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Both NTFS and Fat 32 formatted discs or USB sticks are supported. Cheers! Marty G
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64GB SDXC OK.. I formatted as exFAT instead of NTFS. Turn off wireless and connect to PC will be able to read/write files. My 32GB USB has FAT and works OK.
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I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with a 3.0 PCI add-on card connected to the 7 Port USB hub. I have a Seagate 2TB, 3TB and 4TB 3.0 drives attached as well as 320GB and 500GB USB 2.0 drives and have no problems. Just remember any USB 2.0 drive is still limited to 2.0 speeds. Some of the drives are network shares and still I have had no problems. The 7 Port USB Hub works great for me.
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I dunno if it's a formatting thing, but I tried to plug in my portable 120GB external drive, and it blanked. My 1GB stick came up with a menu though, so there's gotta be a size limit somewhere, I just don't know where it it.
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I use a usb 32 gb drive (dont need alot of time in my specific application)
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Most USB devices are formatted FAT32 which only allows 2^32-1 bytes of data (4GB roughly speaking).To overcome this you'd have to format it in a file system that allows larger than 4GB files (like NTFS) or put the file into a spanning compressed file.
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The drive is supported, it comes formatted in fat32. You can reformat to mac only or exFat if you want. USB 3 is not supported on macs (yet, you'll need a new mac), but the drive works just fine.I have 2, use them both on mac's and pc's with no issues. Great drive, really fast even on usb2.
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They claim it is a USB3, I even questioned them about it, but it does not seem to work any faster than a USB2. It does use a USB cable. It is a good drive and is probably limited by its read-write specs.
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It's not a drive, just an enclosure. As of today looks like maximum 2.5" drive size is 2 TB but the key is making sure the drive isn't more than 12.5mm tall as that's the biggest that will fit in this enclosure. Some 2.5" 2 TB drives are smaller than 12.5mm and some aren't.
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The official "Moboplay" booklet which comes with the device does not indicate the maximum hard drive which can be connected, for I have only only connected my 64 gig usb pen drive and had no problem. The booklet just indicates that "It can drive external USB storage devices such as USB HDD or USB pen drive, support FAT/NTFS file system." thanks Chris
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Any external drive would work. If you are getting a new one, I would look for one that takes advantage of the fast usb 3.0 connection. I picked the Samsung SE-218 because it was also thin and light and had a similar finish.
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I just connected a 500GB (WD500AADS, ASIN: B002P3KO4C search it on Amazon) drive using a sata to USB connector (ASIN: B000J01I1G search it on Amazon). I had to use the tuner to format (fat32), and it shows up as a 465GB drive. I hit the PVR button, and recorded a sample, no problem. I imagine the pre-packaged drives would work the same.
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The official "Moboplay" booklet which comes with the device does not indicate the maximum hard drive which can be connected, for I have only only connected my 64 gig usb pen drive and had no problem. The booklet just indicates that "It can drive external USB storage devices such as USB HDD or USB pen drive, support FAT/NTFS file system." thanksChris
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Thanks to you all for your response. I guess I will have to live with USB 2.0 speed
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The drive is used for dvd backups and picture storage. When the old drive failed, I purchased another USB 3.0. That didn't help. I recovered almost 1 TB in two days. Then, since I had not yet received the new 3.0 card, I tried using the USB 2.0 to transfer from another backup (a western digital) to the Seagate. In 3 days, I moved about 300 Gb. That was left on 24 hours, too. After I got and installed the new 3.0 (I still doubted the old one), all remaing 500 plus Gb moved in less than 3 hours!. I never measured or recorded the speed. And the old 3.0 USB worked similarly.
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The USB ports are 2.0 and don't fully remember but I think it was 1GB, but it kept freezing up and I kept having to restart it all the time. I was using this for 4 external usb 2.0 hard drives. couldn't use the printer you have to make sure your printer is compatible with the device. I know use a cheap desktop to do all the server work instead of this because it kept freezing.