Vention USB 3.0 A Male to Micro-B Male Hard Disk Cable with USB 2.0 Male 1M Black (VAS-A62-B100)

The Vention VAS-A62-B100 is a Y-shaped hard disk cable built for external drives that need more current than a single USB port can reliably deliver. On the computer side, it splits into two USB Type-A male plugs: a USB 3.0 connector that carries both data and power, and a secondary USB 2.0 connector that pulls in extra power only. Both plugs converge into a single USB 3.0 Micro-B connector at the drive end, over a 1-meter cable. In practice, this means a 2.5-inch portable hard drive that spins down, disconnects randomly, or fails to mount on a laptop with weaker USB output can instead draw combined power from two ports at once, while data transfer itself continues to run through the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed link.

Key Features

• Dual USB-A Y-cable design, with one connector for data plus power and a second for supplemental power only
• USB 3.0 Micro-B drive-end connector, matching the port used on many portable external hard drives
• Combined power draw from two USB ports, aimed at drives that underperform or disconnect on a single connection
• USB 3.0 SuperSpeed data path on the primary connector, keeping transfer speeds fast despite the added power plug
• 1-meter cable length, enough reach for most desk, laptop, or USB hub setups

Technical Specifications

Who This Cable Is Best Suited For

• Users whose portable hard drive keeps disconnecting on a laptop, since the second power plug supplies the extra current many single-cable connections can’t
• Anyone running a drive off an older desktop or a USB hub, where individual ports often output less current than a drive needs to spin up consistently
• People doing regular large file backups, since the primary USB 3.0 link keeps transfer speeds fast even while the second connector handles the power shortfall