I don't think that is possible, and that is exactly the problem. A drive conforming to the USB standard announces its power requirements to the host, which can then say "ok, go ahead" or "sorry, I can't supply that much". A non-conforming drive just announces that it uses only so much and then draws two or three times the announced value, possibly crashing the host. There is no way to know that in advance.
And by the way, a powered USB hub does -not- guarantee that a non-conforming drive will work. Too much is too much, and just like any other USB host a hub is not obligated to supply more than the maximum power specified in the standard. The only difference is that it would not crash the Touch, it would just not work properly (which might be even harder to diagnose). -- usch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ usch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33389 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78433 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
