Western Digital USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Cable

LFlibbs on 27/05/2011 - 14:33

There have been a few comments on various bargains about the cable used on WD USB 3.0 external drives.

It's not a WD proprietary cable. The drives use a standard USB 3.0 micro b connector. http://www.activemp.com/USB_drives/superspeed-usb-30-overvie… (scroll down to the bottom)

Once you know what it's called it's pretty easy to find them e.g. http://www.selbyacoustics.com.au/storefrontprofiles/DeluxeSF… (no connection with this site, just using it as an example)

I'd expect over time we'll see this connector used on other USB 3.0 devices.

Comments

gmail92 on 27/05/2011 - 14:46

my USB3.0 HDD from staples came with a very unimpressively short cable.
- StewBalls on 27/05/2011 - 15:32
  
  Yeah, but a commensurately impressive low price! ;)
llama on 27/05/2011 - 17:41

Really? People really thought that the Micro-B connector was "special"?

Isn't that odd!

If you were interested in USB 3.0, then the special connectors and their ability to be backward compatible with the old USB 2.0 is probably the first thing that comes up in Google searches, etc.

Good info, Flibbs.
retiredfeline on 27/05/2011 - 17:45

Thanks for posting that informative link.