On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Arnold Krille <arnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 02 May 2011 23:17:05 Mark Knecht wrote: >> OK, so I guess obviously the USB port must supply some amount power or >> even a simple flash drive wouldn't work as the memory in it has to >> require some sort of +/- supplies to function at all. >> In terms of my external USB hard drive, I have 3 like the following >> link except mine are 500GB. >> http://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Technology-DriveStation-External-HD-CX500U2/d >> p/B002IYDEMW >> This drive ships with an external wall wart power supply and doesn't >> function without it on any machine I've plugged it into. > > Yep, that device will not work when used only on usb-power. The 3.5" disks > need 12V, which the usb doesn't provide. > > What I have here and what works with one connector on my laptops and needs two > on my desktops is a case for a 2.5" disk. (The disk I got from my brothers old > laptop.) > > Have fun, > > Arnold OK - I have an old laptop SATA drive around here. Maybe I can pick up a small case at Frys and then use it to test. Thanks for the idea. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
