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usb external drive wont work on a powered hub

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August 29, 2014 12:59:16 PM

I've got a roccat powered hub to which I plug in a mouse and keyboard. And from time to time an external incased toshiba 2,5" HDD from my old laptop. Up until yesterday everything worked fine. But today, my hub won't read the HDD. When I plug it directly into usb ports in the computer case it works fine. When it's plugged into the hub the led light is on on the case but it does not spin, does not show up on the device manager, nothing.

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August 29, 2014 1:29:50 PM

Problem solved. Roccat powered hub has a 2 point plug (US type) which required an adapter for uk sockets. The adapter was faulty making my powered HUB a non powered one, consequently not giving enough juice for the HDD to start nut enought to light the LED.
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