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Hard drive power: 2.5" HDD needs 5v - 3.5" HDD needs 5v & 12v

Posted by JoeyPogoPlugE02 
Hard drive power: 2.5" HDD needs 5v - 3.5" HDD needs 5v & 12v
August 27, 2015 06:34PM
Some people knew that for years, but not me. I bought a three of these by different manufacturers. One the Seagate shown, another with 2 USB plugs for power, and a 3rd super cheap that will arrive a long time from now (lol).

I made certain assumptions because it looks like the Seagate power supply for GoFlex Desk has a single voltage going into it, the same with a 3.5" hard drive cap I have on hand from an HP xb3000 Notebook Expansion Base. It takes in one voltage but I can't tell, HP documentation this time is scarce. If anyone knows, that'd be cool, i could salvage a 3.5" hard drive immediately.

Bodhi most kindly clarified the differences in voltages between external hard drives. If we could expand to include the ABCs of external HDD's case/enclosures we'd have a quantum leap in our Pogoplug investments.

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