How can i power my portable drive with just a usb cable?
Friday, January 8th, 2010 at
12:00 am
Haviar S asked:
I bought an enclosure that has a 6 pin power brick for it and a printer cable like
I bought an enclosure that has a 6 pin power brick for it and a printer cable like
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F3U133-06-Hi-Speed-Cable-Six-Feet/dp/B00000J1TX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252703573&sr=1-1
I am looking to run the 6pin and the printer cable plugin all into a usb that i can plugin to the computer to run the whole drive…
Usb to 6pin and printer cable plugin(B)
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Unfortunately, the power that is supplied from a USB is not very high. You can’t run a hard drive from the power supplied from a USB. The power supply from a USB port is about 5v 500 mA. If you figure that a AA battery provides 1.5v, then that’s a little less power than 5 AA batteries. There’s just no way to power a large device with one port without an external power source.