[PLUG] Identifying New External Hard Drive

Robert Citek robert.citek at gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 03:15:53 UTC 2007


On 07/21/2007 04:34 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Robert Citek wrote:
> 
>> Let us know what you discover.
> 
> Insufficient power out of that USB port. On the Bytecc adapter I 
> created a single partition and am now creating the filesystem.
> 
> So, I'll need to find a wallwart that will provide power to the case.
> I know it's 5V, but I'll have to check the drive label and the Bytecc
> case to see what amperage it wants.

If a single USB port doesn't provide enough power, is there a device
that "joins" two USB ports into one?  That is, it will draw power from
both USB ports.

Just curious.

Regards,
- Robert




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