At 17:32 -0500 12/16/02, Charles Martin wrote: > > >What I see happen a lot is that people tend to plug in SEVERAL >self-powered devices into their Macs (or an unpowered hub) and get >confused/angry when they don't work right. The USB bus can only hand >out a finite (and rather small) amount of power, and apparently doesn't >handle overdemand very well at all.
According to the ASP report on my G4 iMac, the limit seems to be 500 mA. Sincerely, Dennis -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
