Posts Tagged usb

WDH2Q10000N Western, WD admits there is a..

WD admits there is a firewire “technical limitation.”
I have been using the WD Studio II 2TB on my 2008 iMac OSX 10.5.6 for two weeks. Connection: firewire 800. Today, it did not mount when I booted the computer.
Checked the WD Website Knowledge Base.
Discovered two things:
1. Knowledge Base Answer 1697: “This issue is caused by the [...]

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JDFF4GB-431 Lexar, Marketing Pinheads triumph

Marketing Pinheads triumph
I got this as a gift from a friend who should know better, but I could easily have been suckered by the weasel words the marketing department plastered on the package.
The package says “Hi Speed” USB but I had 670 MB on a 1 GB Cruzer Mini that I wanted to transfer to [...]

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ST9160821U2-RK Seagate, Pretty Good

Pretty Good
I bought this because the HD on my laptop was getting full, so i transfered most of what was on my harddrive to the external seagate drive, it comes with bounceback express software, that made it pretty easy to back up evrything i wanted to, i’ve had it for three months now and have [...]

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ST315005FDA2E1-RK, Mac OS X 10.5 and your..

Mac OS X 10.5 and your external drive…
I ordered this drive because of the capacity and the price figuring that when it arrived I would simply reformat it as HFS+ and plug it into my Macintosh Network. The problem was that every time I tried to use Disk Utility to reformat it I kept getting [...]

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WDH1CS7500N Western, Excellent for Dish Network..

Excellent for Dish Network ViP Series External HDD
This product was purchased for exclusive use as an external HDD for Dish Network’s ViP 722. The “Home Edition” of the WD My Book has 3 ports: USB 2.0, Firewire, and SATA. This makes this HDD extremely flixable should it be decided to use the HDD [...]

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GWU523 IOGear Wireless-G, Works great - no complaints

Works great - no complaints
I have had the USB wireless adapter from Iogear for 2 months now and have had no problems. My Windows XP based Dell PC recognized the adapter quickly and started working immediately. The PC with the adapter is in a room that is about 50 feet from our router [...]

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ST305004FDA1E1-RK, An Astonishing Experience:..

An Astonishing Experience: Three Drives Purchased - Three Drives Failed
I was truly astonished by the bad experience I had with this particular drive. I picked up three of them intending to use them for backing up data and was truly shocked to discover two were confirmed DOA by Seagate Technical Support right out of [...]

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Sony MEXBT3700U CD, Perfect with an..

Perfect with an Iphone/smartphone
I got this head unit because I got an iphone 3GS (previous iphone models do not have Bluetooth audio streaming (A2DP)) and wanted something that would give me as many options of integrating it with the car stereo as possible without spending a ton of money. I also didn’t want to have [...]

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K33419US Kensington, usb Port Replicator

usb Port Replicator
The Kensington sd100 Notebook Docking Station should probably be called the “Notebook usb Port Replicator” because it is not a true docking station. That being said, this is a fine product what will fulfill the needs of most laptop users.
The device plugs into your laptop with one usb cable and [...]

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WDXMS2500TN Western, Good drive but does not..

Good drive but does not work on some computers
This might be a good drive, but it is not usable on some computers. To power up, drive requires ~ 650 mA, which is more than USB on my HP laptop can provide.
USB 2.0 Power Booster cable can be used to solve that problem. It combines power [...]

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