Thanks Ronni, yes I considered this, but will that give more power
than say the ports on the back of the G5? if so maybe I should get one.
There again, if the product is at fault will the powered hub ad
anything of value to the equation?
Thanks
Jon
On 04/03/2007, at 12:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi John,
You might need to try a USB 2.0 Powered Hub to see if the extra
power makes a difference.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 04/03/2007, at 10:35 AM, Jon Davison wrote:
Thanks Bob. It plugs into the USB ports on the G5, or the dual USB
ports on the reverse of my 20" LCD. Also the USB ports on the
other machines,
NOT the keyboards. Yes the 2.5 was the master from the old G4
Powerbook. No Firewire shipped with the product, nor does it have
any FW ports.
So, still not visible anyway I try it.
See Malcolm's response about the dual USB's, this makes sense as I
had not considered this;
<The reason it has 2 USB connector is because a standard USB port
only delivers 500mA @ 5V and most hard drives need a wee bit more
than
that. Some have an inline PS/2 connector but that doesn't do much
good when you're using a Mac so in this case they've used 2 USB
ports to operate
sans A/C.>
But so far nothing seems to work.
Thanks for both your responses anyway.
Jon
On 03/03/2007, at 10:07 PM, Robert Howells wrote:
On 03/03/2007, at 7:25 PM, Jon Davison wrote:
Hi all
I have just purchased a 'FIREWIRE & USB2.0' external drive case
from Digilife today. They said it has just come in, and retails
for $49.00.
A nice clean design and well packaged, complete with smart
leather protector if required. No manufactures logo or info!.
The extended title
states 'Aluminum construction, Excellent design'? So I guess
this is an American product?
In it I have installed my 10Gb 2.5 internal HD from my old
defunct G4 PowerBook, hoping to use it as an external storage.
Problem is, it is not
visible on either my G5, iBook, or iMac? it has no LED indicator
light. What's more the computers freeze when I plug this cable
in. Mouse
cursor is frozen, no key response. If I take it out, mouse moves
again. So there seems to be some conflict here.The blurb states
it runs on the
5v from the USB host, no power adapter came with it.
Where are you plugging the cable into on your Mac (s) ?
Needs to be port on the Mac .... not the keyboard as it has
limited power !
Also how is the hard drive set up ? Should be a Master , i think !
If it's firewire and USB , use a firewire connection , rather
than the USB
Two usb connectors might be like a USB hub ! ?
Bob
Sounds just like what I want .... except a powered unit would be
better than bus power .
The product shipped (as the computer interface) with a standard
digital camera connector that splits into a dual USB connection
at the other
end. Why two? when there are no instructions.
All Macs running 10.4.8
Does anyone know this product? if so any experience with it at
all? If this is a 'crock of ....' then I will take it back on
Tuesday.
Thanks in advance
Jon
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