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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 5:30 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....
Uh, I'm definitely challenging your ability to use Google.

Do some searching and you'll see all sorts of references to 2.5" drives that don't work when attached to a single USB port but work just dandy when powered with two USB ports using a Y cable.
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