Re: the WD USB 3.0 "My Book" Essential

2012-02-04 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 05:59:43PM -0500, Henry Olyer wrote: > Ah!, I didn't know that some USB connectors (the receptacle on the computer > side of the cable,) were for 3.0 and others for 2.0. How do I discover or > test my USB receptacles? The plastic bits inside a USB 3 connector are usually b

Re: the WD USB 3.0 "My Book" Essential

2012-02-04 Thread Thomas Mueller
> Ah!, I didn't know that some USB connectors (the receptacle on the computer > side of the cable,) were for 3.0 and others for 2.0. How do I discover or > test my USB receptacles? USB 3.0 connectors have a somewhat different appearance than USB 2.0 or 1.1 connectors. I knew which were which fr

Re: the WD USB 3.0 "My Book" Essential

2012-02-03 Thread Henry Olyer
Ah!, I didn't know that some USB connectors (the receptacle on the computer side of the cable,) were for 3.0 and others for 2.0. How do I discover or test my USB receptacles? On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Has anyone gotten one to work? > > > Either as a USB 2.x or

Re: the WD USB 3.0 "My Book" Essential

2012-02-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
> Has anyone gotten one to work? > Either as a USB 2.x or 3.x? Yes, I know that to do 2.x one must use a > different cable. I do that. Because I am wondering what's going on. > Possibly I just happened to buy a drive that's DOA, I don't know, and I'm > not say that, YET. > I'd like to hear fr