can this cable be used on wd my passport external hd
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It should be able to if your Passport has a 3.0 USB instead of the previous used 2.0.
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I am not sure if it will work. I am using the adapter for a Western Digital WD500 external hard drive and it works fine.
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"can i use this cable so i can connect a external hard drive 3.0 to a 2.0 "Yes, you can.
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No. This cable requires your drive installed in a system running Windows. You need a USB to IDE/SATA adapter for that.
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I have the WDE1UBK10000N and it is a solid well built external! I don't think you can go wrong with the elements terabyte hdd!
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This is a 9volt DC power supply, rated at 1.5 amps. As long as know that the power requirements of the external hard drive are less than 1.5 amps, it should work. You have to match the plug and polarity to use it. This is very important. Incidentally cable is 5 foot long.
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:) No, it is a just schematic picture of the mechanical HDD. Bare means it's a HDD which should be installed in NAS or PC. It is not an external disk like a WD Passport.
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I don't think so, in thickness it should be ok otherwise, the size is too small. My portable disk is smaller than a passport.
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Nothing like a long link - Under wdc.com external drives faq. The Western Digital products listed below are Microsoft Certified (WHQL) under the Windows Vista Operating System. WD Passport Portable USB 2.0 (Black) (WXMSxxxxTx) Order/Model numbers US: WDXMS600TN, WDXMS800TN, WDXMS1000TN, WDXMS1200TN, WDXMS1600TN, WDXMS2500TN http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1457&p_created=1154370312&p_sid=g-6YQ7Si&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NzEsNzEmcF9wcm9kcz0xOTUmcF9jYXRzPTEyMyZwX3B2PTEuMTk1JnBfY3Y9MS4xMjMmcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1
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MANUFACTURER RESPONSE: As long as your hard drive is not USB powered, you should be fine. Please take note that you may experience slower transfer speeds than normal over this cable.
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BW: Unlikely...or at least not the way you'd want. If your WD Passport is configured / designed as a USB 2.0 device, attaching a USB 3.0 cable is not going to get you USB speeds. USB 3.0 is designed to be backwards compatible (with 2.0 and 1.x). The earlier versions of USB are not 'forward' compatible (in that the data throughput would be increased just because the cable was upgraded). Oh yes, did I mention the potential compatibility problem with the physical design of the plugs themselves? Even if you were to find (or make) an adapter plug, you're still up against the USB 2.x design not accepting the USB 3.0 data rates. BW: Unlikely...or at least not the way you'd want. If your WD Passport is configured / designed as a USB 2.0 device, attaching a USB 3.0 cable is not going to get you USB speeds. USB 3.0 is designed to be backwards compatible (with 2.0 and 1.x). The earlier versions of USB are not 'forward' compatible (in that the data throughput would be increased just because the cable was upgraded). Oh yes, did I mention the potential compatibility problem with the physical design of the plugs themselves? Even if you were to find (or make) an adapter plug, you're still up against the USB 2.x design not... » Read More BW: Unlikely...or at least not the way you'd want. If your WD Passport is configured / designed as a USB 2.0 device, attaching a USB 3.0 cable is not going to get you USB speeds. USB 3.0 is designed to be backwards compatible (with 2.0 and 1.x). The earlier versions of USB are not 'forward' compatible (in that the data throughput would be increased just because the cable was upgraded). Oh yes, did I mention the potential compatibility problem with the physical design of the plugs themselves? Even if you were to find (or make) an adapter plug, you're still up against the USB 2.x design not accepting the USB 3.0 data rates. « Show Less
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I am using this cable on a WD Black 1TB second drive in a Dell Inspiron desktop. No problems.
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Yes, if your external drive has a female slot you can use the one with the male USB-A end.
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Yes, that is correct. I used it for my Western Digital Passport external hard drive on my Macbook Pro.
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As this is made for the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex it has a cable with USB connections and an adapter to SATA. The Western Digital Passport has Mini USB, but the model called My Passports looks like it has the same flat USB 3.0 socket, so in that case you just need this. http://amzn.com/B005K6G7BU
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Not sure what I did wrong. But I plug this to my PC USB 3.0 port, then plug WD My Passport Slim 2TB Portable HD to it and the PC didn't recognize the HD. Plugging HD straight to PC USB port works.
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Personally i have no idea of electrical stuff, so when i received my drive, I asked the same question to a big local electrical equipment store showing them the specific WD adaptor found in the box (US type). They insured me after observing the specifications at the back of the adaptor that adaptor is compatible and i will have no problem. I just had to purchase a US [ I I ] (flat pins) to EUR [ o o ] (round pinholes) plug converter (that cost me 3 euros). My drive works fine 3 weeks now.