On Friday 16 November 2007 18:42:05 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Stroller writes: > >On 15 Nov 2007, at 23:38, Pranav Desai wrote: > >> Just for curiosity, from a design perspective why wouldn't or > >> shouldn't the hardware/software start drawing 500mA and then fall back > >> to 100mA if not available ? > > > >Because once you've tried drawing 500mA the blue smoke will escape > >from the host & 100mA will _no longer_ be available. > > I can't be sure without having tested it, but I certainly hope the > various USB hosts and hubs I've got are better designed than that.
We have had success burning out USB ports in IBM notebooks previously. -- Best regards, Stanislav Karchebny Skype name: berkus Get skype for free from www.skype.com Information in this email is confidential and proprietary.
