On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
USB, being a PC technology picked up by Apple during its dark days, is
technically a mess. One can have no reasonable expectation about what can
and can't be successfully powered. I carry a portable drive with me that
works fine
USB was never intended to connect devices of such power, it's not in the
spec. It's not the fault of the designers it's being used in areas it
should not be used in.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:25 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:47 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
My first gen
Actually, Western Digital now sells a whole line of 2.5 external USB
drives that don't even come with a power supply. No modern computer
should have trouble running one of these from a USB port. Or at worst
from a powered hub.
Watch out though. A client sent in a couple of these for us to copy
At 10:25 PM 9/22/2009, t.piwowar wrote:
USB, being a PC technology picked up by Apple during its dark days, is
technically a mess. One can have no reasonable expectation about what
can and can't be successfully powered. I carry a portable drive with
me that works fine with FireWire. To
At 03:49 AM 9/23/2009, Tony B wrote:
Watch out though. A client sent in a couple of these for us to copy
video files to, and we found they came out of the box formatted to
FAT32! I had to do a backup and file conversion when I eventually
figured out why transfers were erroring out with a false
According to WD's website, their newer drives are coming with NTFS.
Presumably just a reflection that they're no longer greatly concerned
about Win9x systems.
I don't really care if they put a filesystem on the drives or not.
What bothered me was that there was no huge warning anywhere. Instead,
Thanks to everyone that replied to my message.
I decided to go ahead and buy a powered USB hub to see if it would work for
what I had in mind. I bought a Belkin Lighted USB Hub and *it did work*
without the power connected. I used the hub with three devices connected at
the same time - a
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Fred Jones fredjone...@softhome.netwrote:
Thanks to everyone that replied to my message.
I decided to go ahead and buy a powered USB hub to see if it would work for
what I had in mind. I bought a Belkin Lighted USB Hub and *it did work*
without the power
Some of the Mac Books had USB ports that were more powered than others. I
don't remember which ports but if you have trouble with one port try one on
the other side.
My first gen MBP has a free USB port on the right side and on the
left. The port on the left is close to the mag safe power
On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:47 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
My first gen MBP has a free USB port on the right side and on the
left. The port on the left is close to the mag safe power plug but
only the port on the right can power my USB hard drive that I use for
backups and my iTunes collection. I use the
That's a surprise I use a couple of external portable harddrives that
only require one port.
Oh yeah I am using a PC so maybe that is why.
Stewart
At 09:25 PM 9/22/2009, you wrote:
On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:47 PM, MrMike6by9 wrote:
My first gen MBP has a free USB port on the right side and on
Hi Guys -
I would appreciate some info. I was wondering if a USB hub that comes with
an AC adapter would work without the adapter? I was wanting a NON-powered
USB hub for use with a laptop, but I was thinking if the powered hub would
work both ways then it would be better to buy a powered
Typically the power adapter is to provide the electrical power some
USB devices need to run.
Some memory sticks need the power to operate but printers and other
devices such as that do not. A Mouse might need power, especially if
it is wired.
You can buy laptop hubs for relatively cheap
I don't know, as I've always plugged mine in. USB ports really don't
give much power on their own, laptop ports even less.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Fred Jones fredjone...@softhome.net wrote:
Hi Guys -
I would appreciate some info. I was wondering if a USB hub that comes with
an AC
Correction a mouse might need power especially if it is NOT wired!
Stewart
At 10:45 AM 9/21/2009, you wrote:
Typically the power adapter is to provide the electrical power some
USB devices need to run.
Some memory sticks need the power to operate but printers and other
devices such as that
Fred,
The way I understand is that it depends on the device. Some
devices need extra power, for those you will need to plug the hub in.
Others devices, like my printer, can be plugged into a non powered hub
and work fine. I would say get a powered hub and only plug it in when
you
When I tried to make a USB hub with a power supply work WITHOUT the
power supply--it wouldn't. Period.
As we all know, computers are weird, devices are built to different
factory specs, and almost anything is possible in the wonderful world
of electronics. However, I would never buy a
Constance, I think you are violating list policy by actually answering the
OP's question.
That has been my experience, too. Perhaps because my powered USB hub has
lights to indicate which ports are in use. Perhaps not.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Constance Warner cawar...@his.com wrote:
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