JJZolx;488558 Wrote: > Only that you may want a 2.5" drive. If you use a 2.5" drive then it > can (probably) be powered from the USB bus. A 3.5" drive will require > separate power, so more wires and another wall wart. The only question > is whether you'll have enough storage space on a 2.5" drive, as their > capacities aren't as great. I tried a pretty low power 2.5" drive yesterday: Hitachi HTS424020M9AT00, 20gig, 4200rpm, trying to run it with a very short, 7" usb cable.
Didn't work. The drive just gave the usual plaintive click-click-cant-get-started sound until I plugged in the aux power source. That said, there may be more efficient drives and more efficient drive shells out there that might work. But this drive combo has worked for me in the past with systems that can deliver more current over the usb connection. -- gharris999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70142 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
