USB 1.1 draining too much power

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videmschek


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G4 Cube
I jsut got a G4 cube for home recording. I am having a problem with the USB. It is a USB 1.1 and I will need to run the USB powered speakers, the usb powered keyboard, an external hard drive (yet to be purchased), and my usb powered audio interface. If i plug the speakers into the keyboard i am told that i am draining to much power. Idk if a hub would solve this
 
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Silver M1 iMac 512/16/8/8 macOS 11.6
Don't plug anything but your mouse into the keyboard as there is insufficient power. The cube has USB1 which will be pretty slow for an external drive ~ Firewire would be much better and would also be bootable. USB, even USB2 generally will not boot a PPC machine from an external HDD.

You might keep an eye out for a mains powered multi-port USB hub which will assist.
 

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