thanks for the link - i am underpowered; and will have to either get a
bigger psu or perhaps I can get away with using a usb hub with it's own
power cable so attached devices dont draw power off the computer ?


"John" <johnlee2509@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> In my experience as a PC Engineer, YES a PSU with a low power rating would
> definately cause system errors, not too sure about reboots but
> definately problems would occur
> Calculate the power of the PSU you would require here
> http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/
>
> HTH
> --
> Regards
>
> John
>
> MCP Windows XP Professional
>
> "frankg" <sorry@stoppingspam.com> wrote in message
> news:viTuf.33958$X25.667196@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
>> If there is not enough power rating (the power supply unit) to support
>> the number of USB devices attached to an older machine, could this lead
>> to corrupt file transfers from a CF camera card (and/or the machine
>> spontaneously rebooting) ?
>>
>> thanks
>> Frank
>>
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