[icon-discuss] Re: Anyone Successfully Using Western Digital Passport Drive?
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:30:14 -0400
If the IOMega drive takes power from the USB port, it is likely that its
power requirement exceed what can be delivered by the the ICON/BP. . . but
it's worth a try. G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
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"David Tanner" <David.Tanner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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No, it takes its' power from the USB port.
David Tanner
Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
Assistive Technology Specialist
Assistive Technology Department
MN State Services f/t Blind
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>>> jeremiahzrogers@xxxxxxxxx 4/15/2008 8:01 PM >>>
Hi David. The Passport drives are powered exclusively via USB, which lends
credence to Marc's hypothesis. Does your Iomega drive receive power from
an AC
adapter?
Jeremiah
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:53:39 -0500, David Tanner wrote:
>Humm, I wonder how one would know which drives would work and which
>will not?
>
>I use my I-Omega 120GB drive with my Braille Plus regularly with no
>problem. But, I wonder if it has more to do with the technology in
>a particular drive, the size of the drive and the load it is putting
>on the Braille Plus, or something else?
>
>
>
>
>David Tanner
>Rehabilitation Program Specialist 3
>Assistive Technology Specialist
>Assistive Technology Department
>MN State Services f/t Blind
>Office- 651-642-0795 Cell- 651-270-2233
>Skype name: dtat100
>
>
>>>>paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx 4/15/2008 6:46 PM >>>
>Hi. I just tried it with a passport 250 gb drive. It didn't work.
>The drive
>kept stopping and starting. Doing a six and two showed only the
>three
>drives, hard drive, internal flash and network.
>
>
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>Passport
>Drive?
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>Hi all. I searched the list archives and saw several messages
>earlier this
>month and in
>September, 2007 about people using, or struggling to use, the
>Western
>Digital Passport
>drives with the Icon and Braille+. I'm thinking of buying one of
>these
>drives, but want to know
>whether I can expect it to work with the Braille+. If you've had
>problems
>with this hardware
>combination, did those problems persist when the Braille+ was
>connected to
>AC power? What did
>you end up using for an external storage solution if you abandoned
>the
>Passport due to it
>being unusable with the Braille+? Thanks in advance!
>
>Jeremiah
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