Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread kerry
Hi all, I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed that data is transferred? I am assuming not as it is still going

Re: Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread Hadley Rich
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 10:05 +1300, ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed that data

Re: Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM, ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed that data

Re: Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread Stephen Irons
ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: Hi all, I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed that data is transferred? I am

Re: Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread kerry
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:05 AM, ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote: I just bought myself another USB external hard drive and this one like the last one I bought has at the end that plugs into the PC a double USB end. Now I was wondering if plugging in both of these plugs affects the speed that

Re: Very OT: USB cable question

2009-12-08 Thread Craig Falconer
ke...@katipo.net.nz wrote, On 09/12/09 10:47: Ahh, thanks all for the replies, that makes sense. I've got a desktop that does not put out enough power on the front USB ports to run a 2.5 hard drive with one USB port connected. However the same drive works perfectly on my laptop with only