How to provide power supply to an external hard drive (2.5")?
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I wanna diy a power supply for a 2.5" hard drive for connecting it to my Samsung Galaxy tablet 10.1.I have a USB cable that come with the enclosure with 1 USB plug at one end and 2 at the other end. I need to format the hard drive with FAT 32 format and to provide 5V DC power to the HD as obviously, the tablet will not provide the power for it. I have in hand a cell phone charger with 5 V 2.5A output which I think will be suitable for the purpose. I need advices as to how it should be wired correctly. Any inputs are very much apprecited
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Answer:
Just purchase a 2 1/2 case with power supply. The price of case is less than $5 then you will not to make a power supply work with hard drive. Make note the type of hard drive. Is the drive IDE or Sata? You can purchase a case to match the connections on hard drive.
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you need a USB to IDE/SATA adapter should be $20ish (Best Buy or computer stores) http://i01.i.aliimg.com/photo/v0/292920927/usb_2_0_to_ide_sata_ata.jpg
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