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<blockquote data-quote="Mikeo512" data-source="post: 1938325" data-attributes="member: 404931">****Sorry it's not a 'floppy' but rather a CD ROM Drive****My MPB has those small sockets (are they called C sockets?), so at the side of my MPB I permanently have in place an ANKER “Power Expand Direct 7-in-2 USB C PD Media Hub”.The above has various sockets: 2 USB, two of the ‘C’ (?) sockets, another that accepts the card from my old photo camera. This hub, which is permanently in place, connects my ethernet, the display, the printer and a Lacie outboard hard-drive.I have not used this USBSuperDrive for long time but I seem to remember that it used to get enough power from the MPB.But now, when I plug the outboard SuperDrive into a USB socket in the ANKER, I get a screen message: “USB Accessory Needs Power. Connect Apple USB to a USB port on this Mac”. And this even when there is nothing else being powered: the display, the outboard Lacie drive and the printer are all pulled out.This seems to suggest that I’m not getting enough power via the ANKER’s USB. This is a great pity because I want to see some of the photos and other data stored on the CR-R disks.Can someone pse suggest a solution?Thanks in advance ….</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mikeo512, post: 1938325, member: 404931"] ****Sorry it's not a 'floppy' but rather a CD ROM Drive**** My MPB has those small sockets (are they called C sockets?), so at the side of my MPB I permanently have in place an ANKER “Power Expand Direct 7-in-2 USB C PD Media Hub”. The above has various sockets: 2 USB, two of the ‘C’ (?) sockets, another that accepts the card from my old photo camera. This hub, which is permanently in place, connects my ethernet, the display, the printer and a Lacie outboard hard-drive. I have not used this USBSuperDrive for long time but I seem to remember that it used to get enough power from the MPB. But now, when I plug the outboard SuperDrive into a USB socket in the ANKER, I get a screen message: “USB Accessory Needs Power. Connect Apple USB to a USB port on this Mac”. And this even when there is nothing else being powered: the display, the outboard Lacie drive and the printer are all pulled out. This seems to suggest that I’m not getting enough power via the ANKER’s USB. This is a great pity because I want to see some of the photos and other data stored on the CR-R disks. Can someone pse suggest a solution? Thanks in advance …. [/QUOTE]

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