Voltage question? - Blu-ray Forum

OrlandoEastwood · 11-11-2009, 03:36 AM

Ok, I found my old external Maxtor HDD drive that my dad gave me back in 2004. It does not have the original cords with it. I was looking at it and it has:

12V 3 and it's symbol is:
___
. . .

Now, my Maxtor external that I got last October has:

12V 2 and it's symbol is:

___
. . .

They are the same except the new one is a 2 and the old is a 3. Does that matter because I want to hook this thing up and see if it works.

toef · 11-11-2009, 05:33 AM

It shouldn't matter. The voltage is right, so give it a try. I have no idea what the 2 and 3 mean, and have never seen that before. Maybe its indicative of the size of the AC adapter plug, but I have no idea.

Give it a shot, it should be fine.

OrlandoEastwood · 11-11-2009, 06:17 AM

I'm cautious towards it. I think it might mean plug size, but I got the plug from my new external to fit in it, but I did not plug it in to see if it worked incase if it might fry it or something. I tried my power cord from my LiteON External BD Drive and it doesn't fit it. It says: 12V 1 on it.

11-11-2009, 03:36 AM	#1
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	Voltage question? Ok, I found my old external Maxtor HDD drive that my dad gave me back in 2004. It does not have the original cords with it. I was looking at it and it has: 12V 3 and it's symbol is: ___ . . . Now, my Maxtor external that I got last October has: 12V 2 and it's symbol is: ___ . . . They are the same except the new one is a 2 and the old is a 3. Does that matter because I want to hook this thing up and see if it works.

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11-11-2009, 05:33 AM	#2
toef Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2008 Location:Isla Nublar 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:545 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:4	It shouldn't matter. The voltage is right, so give it a try. I have no idea what the 2 and 3 mean, and have never seen that before. Maybe its indicative of the size of the AC adapter plug, but I have no idea. Give it a shot, it should be fine.

11-11-2009, 06:17 AM	#3
OrlandoEastwood Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:R-Point Blu-ray reviews:86 Trading Score:24	I'm cautious towards it. I think it might mean plug size, but I got the plug from my new external to fit in it, but I did not plug it in to see if it worked incase if it might fry it or something. I tried my power cord from my LiteON External BD Drive and it doesn't fit it. It says: 12V 1 on it.

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