Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:03:49 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] USB powered external HD
I got both of my cases off ebay too (shipped from PRC or ROC). I don't think there will be any fuse blown; if there isn't enough current the disk just won't spin up. Both of my USB-enabled laptops have no problem powering them; only the PCCard USB 2.0 doesn't have enough power by itself because of the PCCard limits. Jim ============================================= -------------------- 3 -------------------- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:50:31 +0000 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] USB powered external HD > > From: "Wouter Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: USB powered external HD > > Hello all, > I am looking for an external 2.5" USB harddisk. I want it to be fully > bus-powered, do not want to use an ac-adapter or PS2-powercable. Obviously > I'd like this thing to be able to work on my Libretto 110 as well. I'm > using a USB2.0-pc-card. I recycled an old 20G drive into an IBM-labeled USB interface external carrier. This has no external power supply; it's fed from *two* USB connectors. It works off the desktop OK but I don't care to try it on the (portege) laptop, which has a single USB slot. The reason I'm concerned - the spec on the disk has a peak power requirement of an amp at five volts; the maximum from a single USB socket is half an amp. I don't want to blow fuses - assuming that there are any there to blow :) Having said that - (a) I'd hope that the USB PSU is designed to shut down gracefully in case of overload, and (b) the case I bought only cost me a tenner (UK) from eBay, so if you have a disk lying around, it might be worth a try. At your own risk, of course :) Neil ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
