Dell laptops in the early 2000's were notorious for under-powering their USB ports and would routinely require external devices to consume two USB-A ports to provide sufficient power for the device, so I was very concerned that the speed would be significantly reduced because of a lack of power even though I was using a desktop with an outstanding Dell monitor, which has a powerful USB hub. The provided cable had two USB-A merging into a single mini-USB, which meant that power to the drive would be supplied by two USB-A ports. I thought I was getting a USB 3.x type-A cable to a USB-C connector for the drive, but the connector into the drive is a micro-USB 2.0 connector, similar to what cell phones used to have prior to upgrading to USB-C. The drive ships with firmware 1.00, and while version 1.03 is available, I've never had any issues with 1.00, so I'm not concerned about upgrading the firmware.įor a portable drive, the only way to get high speeds is to have good, solid, strong power supplied through the USB cable. I've had great success with the BU40N drive, and from the forums, it seems to be one of the the easiest to work with. It turns out it's an LG BU40N drive, exactly as the drive I'm replacing, which was great to know because the LG BU40N is one of the very few portable drives that can sustain high-speed reading over a long period of time. It turns out it's an LG BU40N drive, exactly as the drive I'm replacing, which was great to know because the LG BU40N has sustained high-speed reading. I was concerned about two things before purchasing the drive: what the make would be, and the interface. As usual, Billy delivers and the drive is a top-performer in my books. Once he received the payment via Zelle, I had a LibreDrive 4 days later. As before, Billy is very fast and responsive. I just received my drive from Billy, which is my 2nd purchase from him over the last five years.
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