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Topic: Question: HD with USB Hub; will it work that way?

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Shade_Koopa

Okay, currently i have a USB HDD plugged into my Wii U system via a usb y-cable. This is taking up two slots, leaving no room for a wii/wii u lan adapter or anything else.

If I were to get a USB HUB with an AC power supply, would I be able to plug my HD into the USB no problem? Would I Have to use the y-cable or can I just use a single cable?

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Shade_Koopa

Oh cool. Will I still need to use the y-cable for the Hard Drive or the the USB Hub have enough power to do it without?

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skywake

Shade_Koopa wrote:

Oh cool. Will I still need to use the y-cable for the Hard Drive or the the USB Hub have enough power to do it without?

It should be ok without it

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Sean_Aaron

What Skywake said, just be sure it states that it powers hard drives, some don't, despite being externally-powered. It would have been a lot easier if Nintendo made this machine with enough power to the rear ports to power external drives.

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Dizzy_Boy

There are two slots at the front aswell, underneath the disk drive.

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Shade_Koopa

Sean_Aaron wrote:

What Skywake said, just be sure it states that it powers hard drives, some don't, despite being externally-powered. It would have been a lot easier if Nintendo made this machine with enough power to the rear ports to power external drives.

Ah gotcha, so some USB hubs don't power HDD. I'll have to check that.

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