I have had four different webcams, and they all draw their power from the
USB port.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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If you knew as much as you think you know,
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"GHalleck" <ghalleck@arrakian.mining.com> wrote in message
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>
> Xu wrote:
>
>> So just how much power is needed to make a 1gig thumbdrive get up and go?
>>
>> The way I remember it, he said the thing was showing up but that he was
>> getting some message saying it needed to be formatted.
>>
>> It is as simple as this . . . if it powers that webcam, it will power the
>> thumbdrive. Nothing equivocal about it.
>>
>
> But the webcam has its own power supply. Most card readers
> do not have independent power supplies and rely on the power
> coming from the USB port, just like thumbdrives. It isn't the
> thumbdrive that is the issue but why the front panel USB port
> is not functioning properly when the card reader is present
> and connected to a PCI USB card. Read the original post of
> 1/1/2006.
>