and someone mentioned once that the "My Passport" 2.5" used up 2 USB
ports for power.
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Moose wrote:
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> But "My Book Essential" seems to be a 3.5" form factor hard disk, you need
>> external power, the length of the USB cable shouldn't matter.
>>
>
> He has talked about two models, the 3.5" 'My Book Essentials' and the
> 2/5" 'My Passport'. As you can see below, the recognition problem with
> long cord was the 2.5".
>
> Moose
>
>> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Moose.
>>>
>>> But the My Passport I bought on Tuesday was not recognized by Xp ... I
>>> bet maybe because of the very short USB cable: not enough power if I
>>> added 60 cm. of interconnect.
>
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