OK, thanks for the correction. Maybe I should have said "any external 2.5" 5400 RPM drive".
Stuart Biggar wrote: >> There's nothing about either the T43 or this LaCie drive that would >> cause any incompatibility between them. Only one USB cable is needed, >> because a singe USB port on any T4 series Thinkpad provides sufficient >> power for any external 2.5" drive. > > > That is not my experience. I have a Lacie enclosure with a 7200 RPM > Hitachi 2.5" laptop drive. The drive will NOT spin up correctly when > plugged into a USB port on my T43p. It works fine when powered > by a provided Lacie power wall wart (quite small) and then plugged > into either of the two USB ports on my T43p. It does work OK > when powered through a 6-pin Firewire connection with an iMac but > does not work correctly with only the USB connections on an iMac. > The Lacie enclosure supports 400 MB firewire (standard 6-pin > socket) and USB. > > A different Lacie enclosure with a slow 1.8" 60 GB disk works fine on > the T43p USB without an external supply. It is rated to draw no more > than 0.5 Amp total. I think that the spec for power from a standard > USB/2 port is 0.5 Amp (I have read that but I've not read the actual spec). > Spin up current draw according to the spec on the 7200 RPM Hitachi > is 1 amp ... > > Stuart > >> >> Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: >>> I am considering the LaCie mobile hard drive, 320GB, USB 2.0 (LAC1138) >>> for use with my ThinkPad T43. The specifications don't say what make of >>> drive is in this unit, but do say it's a 5400RPM drive with 8MB cache. >>> >>> Can anybody confirm from experience that this drive will start and run >> > with just a USB cable connected to a T43? > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
