On Saturday 22 April 2006 04:06 am, Al wrote: > <snip> > > > I have such a hard drive ( that works fine ) but you trouble me with > > this two usb thing. Basically the lead offers two ways you can connect, > > one for when you are supplying power to the hard drive directly and the > > other when you are not. My point here is that I believe only one ought > > to be connected ????? not both ! > > I have a 2.5 inch External USB HDD. > > it has 1 cable from the enclosure to the PC > at the PC end, it splits into 2 USB plugs > plug into 2 seperate USB ports on the PC > 1 for data & power, 1 for extra power if needed. > > Sometimes you can get away with plugging in only data/power cable > sometimes you need both > > Unfortunately, I've never tried to use it in Linux. (I just got it today > from a friend). > > At his place, only needs to plug into 1 USB port > > Here, at home, I need both. It depends on the PC > > HTH > > Al it depends on the amount of powr the drive uses and how heavy the port is loaded. A port can have a power draw of up to 500 miliamps [total] > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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