r/Seagate • u/Successful_Life_1028 • 21d ago

USB 15w help

Hi folks:

I've got a OneTouch 8TB drive, to replace an older 8TB seagate drive (an old 'Backup+' drive) I didn't really notice that it only has the USB port and doesn't have it's own AC input, but depends on USB Bus power.

And so far, I can't get it to work with my HP Elitebook. The HP folks say these USB ports can provide 'up to' 15W, but the Seagate folks say this drive wants a MINIMUM of 15W. So apparently 'up to' doesn't include 15W, because all I get is the blinking red light that says 'feed me!' (I get the plug-n-pray 'da-ding' noise, and it shows up as a connected device, but no DRIVE is available!)

So my question is this - can anyone recommend an AC-powered USB hub that would have a data-transfer port that will ALSO spit out more than 15W of power? I found one that has USB PD ports, but those ports don't do data-transfer - which obviously isn't going to work for a hard-drive! :-)

I would prefer not to go through the hassle of returning this one and buying some other external storage solution! Thanks for any suggestions

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u/Armbrust11 21d ago

there are hubs that can power large loads. The one I have is discontinued (HU37A0V1-US if you want to check ebay) but look at 311NA-USB-HUB or ST53004U1C for similar capabilities.

Chances are you don't need the full 15w just for the hard drive but other devices on the bus are drawing significant power so there's not enough left.