[EMAIL PROTECTED] W Howell schrieb am Freitag, 26. September 2008 23:35: > Michael Glockenstein wrote: > <snip> > > Is it possible to have a 2.5" notebook hd without external power supply > > connected > > to the slug and the usb port spends enough energy for that drive? > > Regards Michael > > > > > > Yes, it is possible. I have two slugs with 2.5" drives attached. The first > is a 120 Gig Hitachi in a cheap enclosure and the second is a 160 Gig Western > Digital Passport. Both are running Debian, and have been in service for 21 > and 13 months, respectively. The Hitachi drive never exceeds the 5 W USB > maximum power, but the WD peaks at 7 W for about 250 ms on startup. This > hasn't caused any problems so far. I would expect the larger capacity 2.5" > drives have higher power draw on startup, so YMMV.
This sounds good, I prefer a WD 160 GB (Scorpio) in a Sharkoon Rapic Case at the moment. Regards Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
