Re: USB Power

2011-01-14 Thread Joe Paton
nto is old and is just being used for music but has only one USB port. The drive will not spin up on the power for one only and hence I cannot use for this application. Is there any small cheap USB power source i.e battery or even mains that I can plug second USB into to increase power. I have tested

Re: USB Power

2011-01-14 Thread Robert doc Wright
the problem he is running into is that type of drive uses the USB for both power and data transfer. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Chaltain" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 5:00 AM Subject: Re: USB Power If one of the USB

Re: USB Power

2011-01-14 Thread Christopher Chaltain
If one of the USB connections is only used for power, I wonder if one of those cheap AC to USB power connectors would work. Christopher chalt...@gmail.com <mailto:chalt...@gmail.

USB Power

2011-01-14 Thread Colin Phelan
only and hence I cannot use for this application. Is there any small cheap USB power source i.e battery or even mains that I can plug second USB into to increase power. I have tested this on my powered USB hub for my main machine and it works but that is overkill and more expensive than I would want