On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 6:33 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Yes, Firewire is great. But I think you went a little far with > >the previous sentence, instead of "USB2 is just good enough to > >get by", I think that should read "USB2 is good enough". > > With my external drive I use just 1 FireWire cable, but 2 USB2 cables. 1 > USB2 socket can't power the drive on its own. I have to use two. The > second just connects to the drive's power connector. > > I think this is lame. > > I heard that the left USB port has better power supply than the right side one on some units. I just cheat and put a powered hub in the system. USB seems to be maninly designed for low power devices like mice and key boards. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
