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Powerbook A1138 G4 1.67ghz 15" will not power any External HDD???
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1512517" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>That almost sounds like a power issue if Flash drives mount in OSX. Do any of your external USB drives have an external Power Supply? Not sure if you said that or not.</p><p></p><p>I have a last generation iBook G4 1.33Ghz and every external 2.5" drive mounts with no problem. None of my 2.5" drives have external power either. No drivers are needed for any USB drive on your Macbook.</p><p></p><p>I should mention this also. Not sure why but way back a friend handed me his external at his house and it would not mount but mounted on his Netbook! It was something strange with his Mini USB to USB cable. I plugged in one of my many cables and it fired right up. I never figured out why that one cable did that on my machine but not his, but figured I would mention it just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1512517, member: 8287"] That almost sounds like a power issue if Flash drives mount in OSX. Do any of your external USB drives have an external Power Supply? Not sure if you said that or not. I have a last generation iBook G4 1.33Ghz and every external 2.5" drive mounts with no problem. None of my 2.5" drives have external power either. No drivers are needed for any USB drive on your Macbook. I should mention this also. Not sure why but way back a friend handed me his external at his house and it would not mount but mounted on his Netbook! It was something strange with his Mini USB to USB cable. I plugged in one of my many cables and it fired right up. I never figured out why that one cable did that on my machine but not his, but figured I would mention it just in case. [/QUOTE]
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