On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, James wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "petetheisen" <petetheisen@verizon.net>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 12:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] usb hard drive
>
>
> > James wrote:
> > >
> > > I bought one of these a while back. Works just fine for me using a
> > > toshiba 10 G drive.
> > >
> > > http://www.imagestore.us/product.asp?pf_id=HY%2D2%2E5case&dept_id=04-005
> >
> > Powered from the port?
>
> Don't know if they are the same but mine has an adapter on the power cable
> that plugs between the mouse port and the mouse plug for power. I don't know
> if this has more juice than a usb port but it works.
Probably additional power. Part from here, part from there, and the drive
can spin up. But one alone may not cut it. Have you tried it without the
mouse-port attachment?
I have a small (<2", 0.5 GB) USB drive, and it won't spin up from the
header-connected ports on one of my machines (but will from the
motherboard-connected ports on the same machine), most likely because they
don't supply enough power.
--
-eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
"God does not play dice" -- Einstein
"Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws
them where they can't be seen." -- Stephen Hawking
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