[ltp] any successes with 2.5 inch laptop-IDE-drive USB enclosures?

[Marius Gedminas]

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On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 03:41:41PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
> Also, what actually happens if you overload the port a bit? The spec says=
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> you are only "permitted" to draw 500mA, but there doesn't seem to be any=
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> way to enforce it.
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> That said, I once managed to short out the USB port of my thinkpad, while=
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> experimenting. No permanent harm was done, but the machine instantly=20
> crashed.

Happened to me once, when I plugged in an apparently-broken USB IrDA
device.  Instant laptop crash.

Speaking of which, I think that was the T42 where I later noticed that my
USB ports only worked in USB 1.2 mode and did not work at all in USB 2.0
mode.  Coincidence?

Marius Gedminas
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