No problems that I know of with current Dell models (and we have about 5k-6k of them). The last time I can remember this being a problem was with a D600, and that was many years ago.
Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 4 March 2010 2:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [OT] External hard drives (Done) Just to add to noonie's comment, Dell laptops and desktops are renowned for not actually following the USB specification and providing insufficient power on the USB ports. No idea why they haven't fixed this but this has been the case for years. The 2-plug version gives you the option of plugging the drive into two different USB ports on the Dell or other computer with a dud USB port (with one plug getting power and data, and the other one only providing power) and being able to use the drive.
