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Do all external hard drives require a power supply with positive polarity?

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Do all external hard drives require a power supply with positive polarity?

Franck_Dernoncourt@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year ago

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I am shopping for an AC/DC power adapter for an external hard drive, and I’ve noticed that the power supply required for the couple of the external hard drives I looked at is always with positive polarity. This made me wonder: Do all external hard drives require a power supply with positive polarity?

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It was a long time ago, but I had some Seagate externals that were the reverse.

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