Timeline for Raspberry pi 2 not detecting my Seagate External Hard Drive
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| Oct 23, 2015 at 23:53 | comment | added | David Goulet | oh ok. well.... me trying to save 40$ on a usb hub just ended up costing me 2 usb cables and a lot of time now did it not :P. still worth the knowledge and experience gain tho | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 23:43 | comment | added | Milliways | @DavidGoulet The Windows machine probably has an internal connection to physical ground and the USB cable also has a shield which is connected to ground, but it is not a recommended way to work. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 23:38 | vote | accept | David Goulet | ||
| Oct 23, 2015 at 23:38 | comment | added | David Goulet | powered usb hub works. thank for the help. I am really surprised the drive works on windows without a positive and ground connection but does not work on the pi. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 16:30 | comment | added | David Goulet | That seems crazy as it does work on my windows. Anyway. I will go buy a usb hub and try it with one. If it doesnt work ill just return it. | |
| Oct 23, 2015 at 5:54 | history | answered | Milliways | CC BY-SA 3.0 |