plug and play portable hard drive

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when this device is enabled, the speed of the down load drops from 1meg to
450kbps. it uses pci usb2.0 connect
any thoughts on why the speed drop
 
when this device is enabled, the speed of the down load drops from 1meg to
450kbps. it uses pci usb2.0 connect
any thoughts on why the speed drop
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Does this portable drive get its power off the USB ports also?

Download speed -- download from the Internet?? If yes, how do you
connect to the Internet? If you are using a USB high speed access,
then you need to know that the portable hard drive is consuming more
power over the USB ports so the USB port used for the Internet also
has less power. It is perfectly normal that this occurs and USB is
working as per design.
 
yes the usb high speed ports supply power. I amusing a speed streem modem dsl
connect
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Several SpeedSream models have Ethernet (RJ-45) and USB connectors.
Can you determine which connection yours is using?
 
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thank you Maglor


smlunatick said:
Several SpeedSream models have Ethernet (RJ-45) and USB connectors.
Can you determine which connection yours is using?
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I am using earthnet connect as it delivers a beter consistency than usb over
the phone lines
 
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You might consider getting a powered USB hub and connect the portable
drive to this. Powered hubs provide additional power to USB devices
and can help with this type of "power" issues (maybe.)
 
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thank you Maglor


smlunatick said:
You might consider getting a powered USB hub and connect the portable
drive to this. Powered hubs provide additional power to USB devices
and can help with this type of "power" issues (maybe.)
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Many thanks for your help. At least you provided an option to try
 
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smlunatick said:
You might consider getting a powered USB hub and connect the portable
drive to this. Powered hubs provide additional power to USB devices
and can help with this type of "power" issues (maybe.)
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Okay got the powered hub,pluged it. It lights up and windows reconizes the
hub.
However when I plug in the external hard drive I cant find it in my
computer. what did I not do
Malor
 
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