> -----Original Message----- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric > L. Strobel > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:24 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Re: 3400 drive into ext. case > <SNIP> > OK, this is (or at least may be) weird. On a whim I plugged it into the > free USB port on the side of the iMac (vs. into the keyboard), > and it shows > up! Any interpretations on this? For example, does this mean I can't use > the drive through any hub? > > Anyway, thanks for the help. > > - Eric. </SNIP> The keyboard USB port is only for very low power devices such as mice, it will not run external drives unless they have an external power supply, it is also incapable of running many other USB powered devices such as scanners and some web-cam's, you should use either a POWERED hub (DIRECT from the Mac) or plug it into the main USB port on the Mac. Ben. NB one Apple document (I cannot remember which) hinted that the keyboard USB socket was only for low speed devices, so you may have a big performance hit if you used it for a powered HDD.
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