I tracked down the power problem with my external drive housing to a
(powered) Belkin 7-way USB hub that wasn't supplying enough juice.
Connecting the power supply cable to the PB USB port had the drive
spinning happily.
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I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS
10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external
housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story)
and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be
a slave drive (or
I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS
10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external
housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story)
and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be a
slave drive (or
I've recently replaced the internal drive in my G4 Powerbook 800 (OS
10.2.6) and I'm now trying to use the old 40MB drive in an external
housing. I've bought a housing with a USB 2 connector (another story)
and fitted the drive. Do I need to set the jumpers to force it to be a
slave drive (or
At 12:26 -0400 23/7/03, Lewin Edwards wrote:
You shouldn't need to change the jumpers. Leave it as master and
don't set the cable select jumper.
Is this housing bus-powered or does it have its own power supply? If
you have the option of either, try using the built-in power supply
rather than
At 8:07 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
It's a little odd - it comes with a second USB to concentric DC connector, so one USB
cable goes to the USB port on the housing and the power is drawn from a second USB
port on the computer. I connected it all up and no go. Now, even with just
If it's drawing too much power, the OS will shut down the port. It's not
that. PC's tend to use that second USB-DC connector.
I've had three or four external drives like that--all work fine without
any external power supply.
Gary
Paul Nicholson wrote:
At 8:07 PM +0100 7/23/03, Roger
At 12:55 -0700 23/7/03, Paul Nicholson wrote:
Hmmm, I wonder if it is trying to draw more power than both USB
ports will provide.
Thanks, Paul. It has fired up and is recognised with an external
power supply. Now for the Cardbus USB 2 card.
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Just fitted an ST lab Cardbus USB 2.o card to my G4 Powerbook 800.
This works but not, I'm sure, at USB 2.0 speeds! Is USB2.0 supported
in Mac OS 10.2.6? The only drivers with the card are Windows.
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