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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 23 May 2010 09:29
This beast, with 2 USB ports (A-B) in its cable, draws a lot of power. I
found that most older PCs just can't power it. So I plan to buy a DC
power adaptor for it, as this beast has a DC in!

What approximate voltage & current should I look for?

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From: Arno on 23 May 2010 12:46
"Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)" <toylet.toylet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> This beast, with 2 USB ports (A-B) in its cable, draws a lot of power. I
> found that most older PCs just can't power it. So I plan to buy a DC
> power adaptor for it, as this beast has a DC in!

> What approximate voltage & current should I look for?

You also need to look at plug measures and polarity.

The first place to look is incidentially the device itself,
as most state their voltage and cuttent ratings on the product label.

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From: Rod Speed on 23 May 2010 14:33
Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) wrote:

> This beast, with 2 USB ports (A-B) in its cable, draws a lot of
> power. I found that most older PCs just can't power it. So I plan to buy a DC power adaptor for it, as this beast has
> a DC in!

> What approximate voltage & current should I look for?

What the device says it needs.

Or just get a much better 250GB external drive, the best of them dont need anything special power wise.


From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 23 May 2010 23:23
> What the device says it needs.

I am unable to find relevant information from Hitachi's website.

> Or just get a much better 250GB external drive, the best of
> them dont need anything special power wise.

Well, don't wanna waste it. :)

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From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 23 May 2010 23:23
> You also need to look at plug measures and polarity.
>
> The first place to look is incidentially the device itself,
> as most state their voltage and cuttent ratings on the product label.

Maybe I should just shell out some more money to buy a powered USB hub...

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