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maximus

Post subject: Are Western Digital USB 3.0 cables proprietary?

Posted: December 11th, 2012, 2:11

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Are Western Digital USB 3.0 cables proprietary?

A friend has brought me a WD My Book Essential, WDBACW0020HBK-00. It will not connect to a computer. To make the story short, I want to try a new USB cable first, but WD is out of stock. Will one off Ebay work?

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pcimage

Post subject: Re: Are Western Digital USB 3.0 cables proprietary?

Posted: December 11th, 2012, 3:45

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They are the same.

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labtech

Post subject: Re: Are Western Digital USB 3.0 cables proprietary?

Posted: December 11th, 2012, 17:57

Joined: August 18th, 2010, 17:35
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Location: Massachusetts, USA

The cables are not proprietary.

As long as the interface connectors match you should be gtg.

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