Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 08:54:46PM +0200, Mich Lanners wrote: > Hi all, > > On 24 May, this message from Sven Luther echoed through cyberspace: > > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:16:24AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > >> On Thu, May 24 2007, at 00:27 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > >> > >> > I

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-27 Thread Mich Lanners
Hi all, On 24 May, this message from Sven Luther echoed through cyberspace: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:16:24AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: >> On Thu, May 24 2007, at 00:27 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: >> >> > I have lots of problems connecting hardware to an AluBook 5.8. For >> > both U

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:16:24AM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > On Thu, May 24 2007, at 00:27 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > I have lots of problems connecting hardware to an AluBook 5.8. For both > > USB and Firewire enclosures. > > In order to not exaggerate: At least some USB encl

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, May 24 2007, at 00:27 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > I have lots of problems connecting hardware to an AluBook 5.8. For both > USB and Firewire enclosures. In order to not exaggerate: At least some USB enclosure works, provided I connect it with 2(!) connectors to the alubook, and pro

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, May 23 2007, at 17:04 -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:50:45 +0200 > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The USB specs mention 0.5 A at 5V, so around 2.5W. This is not enough > > to drive a harddisk, especiall

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 05:04:43PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:50:45 +0200 > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The USB specs mention 0.5 A at 5V, so around 2.5W. This is not enough > > to drive a harddisk, espe

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:50:45 +0200 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The USB specs mention 0.5 A at 5V, so around 2.5W. This is not enough > to drive a harddisk, especially a 3.5" one. It's a mobile (2.5") disk. > This is what makes the firew

Re: Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:08:23PM -0400, Andrew J. Barr wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have an external USB2 disk drive enclosure with a 40GB PATA IDE disk > drive in it. It has an odd cable, with USB "A" connectors on both ends > and two connectors on the "host" s

Powerbook5,7 (G4 17") and USB 2.0 disk drive

2007-05-23 Thread Andrew J. Barr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have an external USB2 disk drive enclosure with a 40GB PATA IDE disk drive in it. It has an odd cable, with USB "A" connectors on both ends and two connectors on the "host" side. I don't know the reason for this, but in my Intel Desktop Board DG965RY