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

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:52:19PM -0500, Daniel Armstrong wrote
> Are these external drive enclosures that draw power from the USB ports
> getting enough juice to run properly?

  On a related topic, my "offsite backup" routine uses 2 "shirt-pocket"
USB drives.  I always have 1 sitting in my safety deposit box at the
bank.  Every couple of months, I update a drive at home, and swap it
with the drive in my safety deposit box.

  My experience is that standard 6-foot USB cables will work with a
USB card-reader, but will *NOT* work with an external USB drive.  A
short 2-foot USB cable works fine with the external USB drives.  I don't
know if there are multiple standards for USB cables, or if it's simply
less power loss due to shorter length.  It is a bit of a PITA, because
I have my machine off to the side of the table, and I have to crawl on
the floor to connect the short cable.  Thank goodness that the computer
has USB connectors on the front.  Getting to the back is painfull.

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