BT Smart Hub 2 USB port

[Earthling]

I would if I could but no edit option now.  Maybe a mod would do it for me.  Sorry about breaking the rules, wasn't intentional,

[Earthling]

OK, found the adapter but it hasn't changed anything

[naylor2006]

You already have a HDD working right with it, in which case I just think there is a compatibility issue between the new drive you have and the SH2. 

[licquorice]

Certainly a strange one. Probably no consolation but I have a 2Gb Toshiba drive that works just fine powered by the hub usb port.

[naylor2006]

Does that have a native USB-C interface?

[licquorice]

Yes, it does.

[naylor2006]

Im out of ideas really other than this particular drive is problematic. 

[WSH]

Just a thought.

I have seen this before with cheap asian cables.  I take it the end plugged into the SH2 is USB 3?  While USB 3 is supposed to be backward compatible with a USB 2 socket, the cheap cables are not built quite precisely enough.  I had such a cable once where I had to ease it very slightly out of the socket to establish an connection between the USB 3 cable and the USB 2 socket.

[naylor2006]

Yeah it will be because its a USB-C to USB-A cable which he got separately, at least it looks that way, it would be USB 3 at the A end.

The external SSD comes with its own USB-C to USB-C cable but also an adapter to covert one end to USB-A.

[WSH]

Even so I've found the idea of backwards compatibility with these cables to be a bit hit & miss.