on 1/7/2008 1:46 AM John R Pierce spake the following:
John Bowden wrote:
I have a external USB HD enclosure that takes its power from the one
USB socket. Its only failed to do so on one oldish tower that a friend
of mine has, on that machine it needed the second "power" connection.
Got it from Ebay
thts also out of spec, as USB is speced for 2.5 watts, 500mA at 5V, per
port. Typlical laptop HD is like 5 watts, more when spinning up.
yes, I know it usually works. just saying...
Sometimes you can find small 4 to 6 gig closeout drives with lower power
requirements. And you can look around for 1.8 inch drives and enclosures. That
should run on a single port.
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