<div class="gmail_quote">I forgot to mention that's not my case since even if I plug the two USB ends it still can't power up.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Best regards,</div><div class="gmail_quote">
Tiago</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Sameer Verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Tiago Marques <<a href="mailto:tiagomnm@gmail.com">tiagomnm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> I've ran into something on the 1.5 B2 I have here, which I'm in doubt if may<br>
> or may not be relevant for OLPC's hardware people(it seems not), so I'm<br>
> reporting it anyway.<br>
> All three USB ports can deliver enough power to an USB 2.5" HDD, no problem.<br>
> They cannot in the following conditions:<br>
> - An extra SD card is plugged in<br>
> - Another USB device is plugged in one port, even one of lower power like a<br>
> flash drive. (sometimes it only takes one, sometimes it takes two, SD card<br>
> power also seems to be an issue)<br>
> When I try to plug in the 2.5" HDD, it doesn't have enough power to spindle<br>
> at enough speed and sits there trying to start itself.<br>
> When plugging in an USB device or SD card after the 2.5" HDD is already<br>
> working, it suffers a loss of power and enters the restarting state. This is<br>
> true if the SD card is plugged in instead(with another USB device present),<br>
> which suggests me that the power is shared.<br>
> No other plugged devices seem to be rendered temporarily unaccessible due to<br>
> the power failure on the high power device.<br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Tiago<br>
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<br>
I see a similar issue with a Lacie drive on my Dell desktop. This<br>
drive actually comes with a cable that has two USB cables to draw<br>
power from two ports. With two ports, the platter spins without any<br>
problem. With one port, the disk clicks on the Dell.<br>
<br>
On a XO-1 G1G1, XO-1.5 B2 and XO-1.5 C2 I am able to power the same<br>
drive via one port only both with a SD card and without a SD card. The<br>
issue may very well be the USB drive power draw. I am using a LACIE<br>
Design by FA Porsche <a href="http://bit.ly/9HD5uI" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/9HD5uI</a><br>
<br>
This will be important for XS-on-XO scenarios, where we would<br>
piggyback the /library partition onto an external drive.<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Sameer<br>
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