Comments on: Buffalo ups the portable storage ante to 500 GB http://gigaom.com/mobile/buffalo-ups-the/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kamikun http://gigaom.com/mobile/buffalo-ups-the/#comment-393378 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:34:56 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/buffalo-ups-the#comment-393378

I have a 120 gig version of this same model. It comes with a seperate power cord (or I guess auxiliary would be the better term) that you can connect to another usb port to supplement the power from the primary connection if needed. (There is a dedicated power jack on the back of the drive.)

However on everything from old laptops to Kev’s old Q1 the data connection provides enough power to run the drive. I have yet to need it.

hth

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This sounds great, however, the product page says max power consumption is 2.5 watts. I thought normal USB ports only supplied 500mW? Isn’t that half a watt? I know my OQO USB port won’t power a lot of external hard drives (I’ve tried).

It doesn’t say anything about an external power supply.

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