On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:23 AM, John Martz wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Ralph Green<sfrea...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: >> >> As Peter said, the connectors for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives are the >> same. But, the power draw is almost always a lot more on the 3.5" >> drives. A single USB port can supply 2.5 watts(.5 amps at 5V). > > My understanding when I read Jeff's note was that his enclosure was > powered from an external 5v & 12v AC->DC power supply, not from the > USB port. > > What was confusing to me about Jeff's situation is that apparently the > 2.5" drive worked with USB (and I assumed also with eSATA ... though > he may not have checked this). > > However, when he put the 3.5" drive into the enclosure it did not work > with USB but it *did* work via eSATA. > > If it was strictly an enclosure power supply issue then I would expect > the 3.5" drive to never work in the enclosure. Or USB to not work for > either drive. > > I can't come up with a good rational for why the 3.5" drive would work > with eSATA but *not* work with USB, other than possibly the 3.5" drive > exceeded some GB capacity limit of the SATA->USB adapter/converter?? > > Oh, well. Maybe it's gremlins? Makes as much sense to me as anything > else at this point. > > -irrational john Or maybe it's simply that I used the wrong cord (from wall to power supply?)... yes, it now works..... Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
