[BC] Portable Hard Drives

[Bob Groome]

I just went down this path. Many drives take more than the ( I think 
) 500 mA a USB port can provide. On of my interfaces has two USB 
plugs so the drive can pull up to 1,000 mA. Another (yes I have two) 
has an external supply to get around the problem.

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Bob Groome
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--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Sam Roffe <sam.roffe at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sam Roffe <sam.roffe at gmail.com>

My success with external USB hard drives has been pretty dismal.  They
often require more current than what a USB port can give, my
experience. Others have had acceptable results, what ever that may be.