on 1/7/2008 1:46 AM John R Pierce spake the following: > John Bowden wrote: >> I have a external USB HD enclosure that takes its power from the one >> USB socket. Its only failed to do so on one oldish tower that a friend >> of mine has, on that machine it needed the second "power" connection. >> Got it from Ebay > > > thts also out of spec, as USB is speced for 2.5 watts, 500mA at 5V, per > port. Typlical laptop HD is like 5 watts, more when spinning up. > > > yes, I know it usually works. just saying... Sometimes you can find small 4 to 6 gig closeout drives with lower power requirements. And you can look around for 1.8 inch drives and enclosures. That should run on a single port. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!