My external drive just came in today. 1 and not 2 chords. Plug and play, very convenient for a dummy like me.
-----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 5:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive Yes, it might matter. Depending on your computer and the drive, a single USB port that delivers 500 mA current may not be enough to work the drive. Read the manual when you get it to be sure. It never hurts to have both cables connected. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimsan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive I purchased an external hd from amazon which should be here Wednesday. Gosh darn 4th holiday, or it would've been here today due to prime shipping lol. Anyways, so the consensus is it doesn't matter if plugging one or both in? -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David G. Carlson Via iPhone Sent: Monday, July 4, 2016 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive Yes, I know that two separate cable might indicate a requirement for using both the cable. However, Kevin thought it was silly to suggest connecting both the cable, so I had no choice but to agree with Kevin. Dave Carlson Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2016, at 09:37, Mario <[email protected]> wrote: is it because one cable provides the data transfer and the other provides power, or is there another reason I don't know about? -------- Original Message -------- From: Dave Carlson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, Jul 4, 2016 12:49:22 AM EST To: <[email protected]> Subject: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive Agree, the whole issue of two cables is silly. Apparently you figured it out, regardless. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 06:09 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive I would not think both cables need to be connected, I think that would be silly. plus that would take up my remaining USB ports! -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carlson Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2016 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive Kevin, So does one of those cables have two USB connectors in a "Y" formation? Connect them both to your computer. Or, if both those cables are able to connect to your external drive simultaneously, then perhaps the intent is that both need to be connected to the drive and to two USB ports on your computer. Dave Carlson Oregonian, woodworker, Engineer, Musician, and Pioneer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive John it came with two cables. the drive is a HST® NEW Black USB 2.0 External Slim Portable CD / DVD-ROM Drive CD-RW Burner Drive (CD-RW) Reads and Writes Both CD for Laptops, Netbooks and Desktop -----Original Message----- From: John M. Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2016 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive It should work with Win 10 if it was designed to work with 7 and 8 with no drivers. Does the USB cable have one or two connectors for attaching to your PC? On my external DVD, there are two connectors. One connector only provides power, while the other connector provides both power and data. With my drive, I only need connect the middle connector, which provides power and data. If I just connect the other connector, the drive powers up and I can open the tray, but the system will not recognize it. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive actually the person selling the drive said no drivers needed to install to use. I checked the reviews and everyone said all they needed to do is plug the drive in and they are able to use it. -----Original Message----- From: David Ferrin Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 8:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive The first thing that comes to mind is to check and find out if there are any drivers that need to be installed before the thing will work properly. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 10:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] new external cd/dvd rw rom drive I recently bought an external cd/dvd rw rom drive. I attached it to my computer via USB but it did not showup in the drives in computer. I went into device manager it is not listed there either. when plugin to my tower the drive does get power because I can open it. anyone know what I must do to use the drive? Email is golden!!! 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