I have lost the USB cable for my Pawtec Optical Drive. the drive connector is different from any I have seen. does this drive require a special cable?
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Robert you should have received a a cable with your Pawtec Optical Drive. If not I would contact the seller about it. If for some reason it does not come with a cable you should try Radio Shack or Bestbuy.
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It's a USB 3.0 cable. While different from most common ones, it should be readily available.
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I believe it does require a special cable. You may want to see if you can find a way to contact Pawtec & see if you can purchase a new cable. Or you could go to a local tech store & see if they have something that would work.
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This drive needs not a special cable but a cable witch support 3.0 speed, I think you can find the cable in Amazon.
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There are actually 4 "standard" USB connectors. Look it up in Wikipedia...This uses the 2nd most common std USB connector at one end and the "regular" one at the other end. Also, this is USB 3.0 so your cable should be specified to the suppert the much higher speed transfers. Good luck.
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I believe it does require a special one. The difference is the computer USB cable has two plugs, one for the drive, and the other for the power. Perhaps one may be available through Cyberguys. http:/www.cyberguys.comLeo
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No it does not. I purchased the eSATA cables separately. The eSATA is faster than USB by orders of magnitude. If you are purchasing this drive it is imperative to also purchase an eSATA cable, otherwise the performance benefits of the drive are lost.
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I'm donating it so it's packed away right now. I seem to recall a cable that had a standard A connector on it. Whatever it was, it didn't meet my needs, and I bought a 2 port front panel USB 3 unit.
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Hello Kathryn,This cable never did work for me. I plugged it in and my laptop could not see the drive. Returning the cable was not an easy process so I just kept the cable. If your WD drive is less than a year old I'm sure if you called WD they would send you a free replacement if yours stopped working.
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Nope there's no optical drive. That's why I had to buy a seperate external optical drive
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Alexa, go to a computer store (Best Buy) and pick up a Sata cable. They are not expensive. The Asus DRW is a very good optical drive in my opinion, it is just unfortunate that you have to make the trip to obtain a connector cable.
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Hello Kathryn, This cable never did work for me. I plugged it in and my laptop could not see the drive. Returning the cable was not an easy process so I just kept the cable. If your WD drive is less than a year old I'm sure if you called WD they would send you a free replacement if yours stopped working.
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I believe the drive is powered by legacy usb 2.0 standard interface. The other end of the connector is usb 3.0 peripheral interface.
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Yes, mine came with a very short (approx. 10") USB cord. I wanted mine closer to my work area so I tried using an extension USB cable. That did not work. I then bought a new cord that went straight from the DVD drive to the USB port with no connections in between and it worked fine. If you want longer than the standard 10", it is likely you will need to buy another cable. Hope this helps. Mike
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It's been a long time. I think a cable came with my drive. I don't see why you could not use any USB cable. I switch them all the time.
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eSATA cable does not come with the drive. You can buy one separately for about $20. Figure that into your cost.
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Cable not included. Using USB3 cables from other external drives did not need it.
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I am using Windows 7 OS and the optical drive was recognised when inserted into the USB port. As for Lightscribing, I have copy of Nero 9 software from purchase of my previous Lightscribe drive which is able to work with the new Pawtec.
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I found that I did have trouble if i tried to plug into an external USB extension and had to go directly into the computer - but it sounds like you already did that so I'm not sure. Did you try to just bring up a Windows explorer session and see if there is new drive listed?
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The drive has a standard USB 3 connector. It comes with a cable that connects with 2 USB connectors compatible with USB 2 or 3 in the computer. Two USB connections are needed on the computer side for power.
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No. You will need to purchase cables if it is a new install. You may use the existing cables if it is a replacement. Often, computers will have unused cables that may be used. You will need to confirm what you have to know what you will need to order with the drive.
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I used this to replace an existing drive about a year ago. I do not remember having a extra cable, so it must not have included one.