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Re: USB hard drive

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: USB hard drive
Date 2013-11-12 19:46 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <121120131946502371%nospam@nospam.invalid> (permalink)
References <l5ud6u$fcd$1@dont-email.me> <121120131828189654%nospam@nospam.invalid> <l5uhlg$7be$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <l5uhlg$7be$1@dont-email.me>, Kiraly <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
wrote:

> > usually those are power issues. try using a power adapter with the
> > drive, or possibly a powered hub but that's not as much of a sure
> > thing.
> 
> It doesn't have a jack for a power adapter; USB bus power is the only 
> way. I was plugging it in directly to the USB port on the back of the 
> Mac and also tried a powered hub.

not all macs can provide sufficient power but recent ones should be
able to.

try a replacement enclosure. they're dirt cheap (like $5-10), and most
have power ports although the power adapter may not be included at
those prices.

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USB hard drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2013-11-12 23:22 +0000
  Re: USB hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-12 18:28 -0500
    Re: USB hard drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Kiraly) - 2013-11-13 00:38 +0000
      Re: USB hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-12 19:46 -0500
  Re: USB hard drive dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2013-11-13 23:00 +0000
    Re: USB hard drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-14 14:18 +0000
      Re: USB hard drive J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-11-14 11:56 -0500
        Re: USB hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-11-14 16:58 +0000
        Re: USB hard drive me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2013-11-15 06:11 +0000

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