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Putting a lid on USB power

Putting a lid on USB power

Posted Jun 8, 2006 2:20 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216)
Parent article: Putting a lid on USB power

I fully support this change--I've always considered powering high-draw mass storage devices over USB to be a foolish and dangerous exercise, and FireWire even more so. Running hardware on a connection that potentially underpowers it is just asking for trouble. And the USB coffee warmer, well, whatever floats your boat I guess but don't blame me if your port burns out.


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