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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 7:39 pm
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Originally Posted by dgwright99
Can you point me to specific examples of USB drives (or indeed any USB devices) that can draw power from 2 USB ports in order to be able to draw double the current ? I'm not chanllenging you - I just have a technical reason to be interested....
Click on the DVD drive I linked to on Newegg - then check out the photo of the cable it comes with.

In fact, here is the image of the cable:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowIm...del%20SE-S084B
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