Daimo_45
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 12:59 PM |
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BRAND NEW EXTERNAL 320GB Hard Drive + Carry Case
I bought this HD on the basis it said it was Mac compatible but when I tried to power it up and mount it nothing happened. So after scouring the
forums I found out contrary to what the manufacturer said it was not compatible with Macs. To confirm the HD was working I mounted it to a PC and
it's all fine and dandy.
So does anyone fancy a new external PASSPORT SIZE HD? Looking for £65 with case and whatever the insured, tracked and signed for post is called all
included.
HD
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 01:01 PM |
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Case
linky
[Edited on 16/1/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Davey D
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 01:40 PM |
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Ive worked in IT for years... although ive never really had anything to do with macs..
i always thought that any old USb drive would work on a mac just like on pc, especially now that apple are using intel components, and you can install
windows on your mac 
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Daimo_45
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 01:53 PM |
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It will work with the new Intel Macs and PCs but not the old G4s as the old school USB 1.0 only has bus power of 500 mA.
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Davey D
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 04:29 PM |
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i was under the impression that 500ma is in the USB specification for the max power that a usb port can deliver, and that any deviced needing more
than that would have to be plugged into an external power source also?
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Daimo_45
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 05:02 PM |
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Not too sure. All I know is it doesn't work on my G4 but mounts fine on the PC.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 05:06 PM |
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You are plugging it into a high power usb arent you? The ones on the back of the main unit?
The ones on the keyboard are low power and only suiatble for running mem sticks etc.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Daimo_45
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| posted on 16/1/09 at 05:15 PM |
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It's a G4 laptop. I've decided to rip out the existing internal HD and replace it with a 250GB drive instead and a shot of 1GB memory.
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 24/1/09 at 04:43 PM |
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did you sell it? im looking at getting an external HD at the moment....
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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