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Spike
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:47 am Post subject: Connecting External HD (No power supply) to Galaxy Note 10.1 |
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I bought an adapter that allows me to connect the drive to the tablet, but it says it needs a power source..
Is there such an adapter that would allow me to connect an external power source to the drive while it is also connected to the tablet? |
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FriendlyDaegu
Joined: 26 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Powered USB hub is what you need, if I understand your post correctly. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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does the drive have a seperate AC adapter that it needs or just a usb cable?
if it's just a usb cable it will draw power from the usb protocol and should work fine in your tablet with no other power source. |
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Spike
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:22 am Post subject: |
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| It is just a USB connection.. and when I connect it, the tablet recognizes the drive but says it can't read it because the drive needs a power source. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| your tablet's usb port most likely cannot push out the power necessary to power your hard drive. tablets and phones can run thumb drives using OTG without a problem however if you need to transfer data to and from it easily. |
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