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hmmm ... but the thing is, the drive works fine when the main USB cable is plugged into the PowerBooks's USB port, and the secondary USB plus is plugged into my G5 PowerMac desktop. Which is why I figured buying a powered USB hub would solve the problem. That way I could plug the secondary USB...

Here's the specs of the device: Targa HD-25U AS for being "ripped off", well, this is a totally standard product line here in New Zealand. Pretty much every person I know who has bought a 2.5" portable storage unit has ended up with one of these, or something very similar. All the 3.5"...

OK, I'm not quite sure what you mean here. > What you need are power supplies to hook to your drives if you are going > to use them with your powerbook. So does this mean I need to buy new, more expensive Hard Drive enclosures which are bus powered, or is the problem with the hard drives...

it seems like its a power supply issue. The USB plug that came with the Targa case has a secondary USB output When I connect the drive to my PowerBook, and then connect the secondary USB plug to my G5 desktop, the drive mounts on my PowerBook. I didn't realise that, even plugged in, a PowerBook...

... further to that last point, one of the HDDs is a 40GB one, and the other is 80GB. Neither mounts. Also, I have my PowerBook plugged in when I do this.

hi. Firstly, appologies if this has been covered in the past. I've searched, and couldn't find an answer. I run a fairly new 15" PowerBook (1.5 GHz), and have recently installed OS 10.4, and downloaded all the relevant updates. Today I went out and bought 2 x 2.5" HDDs and 2 Targa USB...