Re: External USB laptop drive

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have one of these as well, pretty good and I love the size, I don't
like unplugging the cable from the drive itself cos it seems very
flimsy and fragile, havent had any probs plugging in usb plugs one at
a time.

Would love to know where I could get another of these cables from tho.
A number of suppliers have said they are not safe for the components
etc etc but Im sure they fine, just wish I could buy another one!!

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Rowdy" <aoop43@d...> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> Might be a daft question, but I've got a USB external drive caddy
for a 2.5"
> laptop drive. The cable supplied has 2 USB connectors which I
believe is to
> get enough power to the hard drive. Looking at the specs for the
drive the
> biggest draw is at spin up @ 5W, so my question, do I plug both USB
> connectors in first then the connector to the drive caddy or do I do
drive
> caddy first then USB one at a time. This latter way, would it mean
that I
> then exceed the current for the port, I believe the drives are 5v
and the
> ports can only supply 500ma. Just curious as I don't really want to
fry
> something!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Keith
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>
>
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