In reply to "Gene E. Bloch" who wrote the following:

On 1/25/2014, Brighty posted:
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. The Win 8 machine is a Sony Fit i7
with two USB
3.0 ports, I've tried both, and one is a charging port so I'll rule
out a power
supply issue. The drive works faultlessly streaming video to a Merlin
jukebox
style unit which also doesn't power it.

I haven't checked this, but I have a suspicion that the extra power on
a USB3 port is only available to USB3 drives connected with a USB3
cable...

You might try to track down a Y-cable for USB2, with a pigtail to
connect to a second USB2 output port for extra power to an external
drive.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Thanks for the thought. It would be a shame if the port doesn't charge other
devices (phones, etc) but the Sony power brick sports a USB charging port, so I
guess it would be churlish to complain.


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