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LaCie USB HD won't work on PowerBook G4 1,5
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iNeusch
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May 23, 2005, 10:14 AM
 
Hi !
Did a search, but could not find my answer...

I own a PowerBook G4 1,5Ghz (bought it in october). Last week end I went to a friend's house and we exchanged stuff with a LaCie 40Gb USB2 disk. It's powered with 2 usb cords : one for data, the other for power (if needed).

My friends has a 12" PowerBook since last month, and on his computer the disk works fine.
But on mine, even with both cables plugged in it doesn't work... we had to plug the USB power cable on his and the data cable on mine to see it mounting

Seems my USB plugs don't give enough power, which is strange...

Has anyone seen that ?
Is my PowerBook broken ?

Thanks !
     
iNeusch  (op)
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May 23, 2005, 10:56 AM
 
Seems to be a known problem...

http://discussions.info.apple.com/.68ab44a9/4 (Topic: Mobile USB HD not recognized by computer)

Good news, my PowerBook is fine, bad news : the USB 2.0 ports on the Powerbook have insufficient power to drive a remote hard drive with USB.

Sorry about my question
     
   
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