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dvair
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:06 am |
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The 4 - pin power connector WILL come from the power supply, the "Please Note" sentence is incorrect.
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chadslink
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:22 am |
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Joined: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:00 pm Posts: 390
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jaylach
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:52 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 am Posts: 9455 Location: The state of confusion; I just use Wyoming for mail.
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If you get one without a power hook-up I would not plan on connecting anything more demanding than a flash drive unless the device has its own power supply.
If there are drivers involved you would probably install the drivers and then, with the system off, install the card which would include doing the power connection.
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chadslink
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:13 pm |
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jaylach wrote: If you get one without a power hook-up I would not plan on connecting anything more demanding than a flash drive unless the device has its own power supply. OK, I have one such drive that is connected to an existing USB 2.0 port. It is a 500gb external drive that simply plugs into the 2.0 port and has no external power. I am using it to backup my computer once a week and it takes forever for it to do the backup....over two hours. So I am thinking when I get my USB 3.0 PCI express card, that it should be one that is powered internally from the power supply and hopefully this will speed up the backup process. In the PCI express card reviews, I have read several that said the molex connector on the card is very flimsy and one guy even had it break off so maybe a card with a 15 pin sata connector is better as they seem to slide in and out without any difficulty. I'm still card shopping so I sure hope when I do buy, that I get one that installs ok and works.
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jaylach
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:55 am |
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Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 am Posts: 9455 Location: The state of confusion; I just use Wyoming for mail.
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Keep in mind that unless the external drive is also USB3 you won't see any difference in the speed of your backups. Actually you might but not much at all. I swear that my USB2 flash drives work just a little quicker on a USB3 port but the difference is small.
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chadslink
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:23 pm |
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MacDuffie
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:59 pm |
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Right!
_________________ Patty MacDuffie Computer Haven Administrator
Live Long and Prosper Mr. Spock
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chadslink
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:35 pm |
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MacDuffie wrote: Right! Oh Good Ms MacDuffie........but I do have one more slight problem but it has to do with Windows 7 Pro so I will post it there.
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MacDuffie
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:59 pm |
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Steve's got you on the right track there.
_________________ Patty MacDuffie Computer Haven Administrator
Live Long and Prosper Mr. Spock
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