USB portable drive weirdness

[Peter King]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:39:28PM -0400, Duncan MacGregor wrote:
 
> I found that the answer was to buy a powered USB hub with a good power supply. 
> After buying two cheap hubs with small power supplies (one unmarked, and one 
> rated at 1 amp), I went to Sourcecc (useta be Radio Shack) and got a 4-port 
> hub with a 2.5amp power supply. Now everything works fine.

That's it, exactly. I bought an independently-powered USB hub (2.4amps) and 
plugged it in. Now everything Just Works. Thanks to one and all for the
advice.

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