Bytecc 2.5" External Drive Enclosure - bus power supplies enough juice?

[Daniel Armstrong]

On 3/8/06, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> --- Daniel Armstrong <dwarmstrong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > Are these external drive enclosures that draw power
> > from the USB ports
> > getting enough juice to run properly?
>
> Depends on the drive. I have one of those external
> boxes in to which I put a 2 GB drive (yes, I am on a
> TIGHT hardware budget :-( ). Any event the USB
> standard allows any single USB device to draw up to
> 500 mA (1/2 amp) of power, and that is less than that
> old 2 GB drive requires. Now, with my set-up that is
> not a big deal because the case came with a Y style
> USB cable. The drive eats two USB ports, but it can
> grab up to 1 amp of power and still be in spec..

Hi Colin... Does that 500mA apply both to USB 1.1 and 2.0? This Vantec
external drive enclosure uses 2 USB ports to draw power, and one of
the computers I would use it on has 2 USB 1.1 ports.
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