USB portable drive weirdness

[Colin McGregor]

--- Peter King <peter.king-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick responses. Here are the
> answers: (1) the portable drive
> enclosure does *not* have any connector for an
> independent power supply; and
> (2) it did indeed come with one of those funny
> Y-cables for two USB devices.
> Perhaps if I try a regular USB cable...? Hmm.
> 
> Suppose that the suggestion is right that my desktop
> is in a marginal power
> situation. (Strange but there you have it.) Are
> there any remedies, apart from
> giving up on the portable drive?

My suggestions, are use the Y USB cable, and plug that
into two different USB ports. If that doesn't work,
get a powered USB hub (where the hub has its own wall
tumor style power supply), connect the drive into
that...

Colin

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