I have D-Link DUB-H7 with 7 ports. It works fine except I cannot use my external HDD with it. HDD clicks, but it seems not enough power. Connecting of 2nd HDD's wire doesn't help.
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What's the model number of the HDD you're trying to use?– JMY1000 ♦Commented Jul 4, 2018 at 15:00
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@JMY1000 Hitachi 0S00226 Simpledrive MINI SDM/500BD External– R SCommented Jul 5, 2018 at 15:27
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Anker 4-Port USB 3.0 Ultra-Slim Portable Data Hub with 12W Power Adapter - $16.99
Based on the fact that your HDD is intended to work with simply a single USB 2.0 port, I'm going to assume that it's simply a bit of a power consumption issue and a simple powered USB hub will fix your issues. There's a wide variety of USB hubs available, but this one is by a reputable manufacturer, comes in a nice form factor, works with or without power, uses USB to deliver additional power, supports USB 3.0, and is fairly cheap.
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Nice to know name of reputable manufacturer, thanks, but my has 7 ports and 4 of them are busy without HDD, so at least 5 necessary. So I would go with 7-port Anker.– R SCommented Jul 14, 2018 at 15:49
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@RS Gotcha, didn't realize that 7 ports on the hub = 7 ports being used– JMY1000 ♦Commented Jul 15, 2018 at 2:31
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but 4 will not make sense: I use 4 already and 5-th device is HDD :) So 5 and more gonna be fine.– R SCommented Jul 15, 2018 at 23:02