I did a G......... search for your enclosure, and I cannot find any mention
of an included power cable. I did find one note on an *b*y site that said
that eSATA drives need power to operate, and suggested using the USB cable
to provide the power. This leaves me a little dubious, but, maybe it works
that way.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina Manley" <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Computer Question
> It stays plugged in all the time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Moose & Tina,
>>
>> May I comment? If Tina uses her laptop while it is plugged into a wall
>> outlet, the "wall wart" to power the eSATA enclosure is just one more
>> connection. I do that with my desktop computer, with all of my photos on
>> an
>> external eSATA drive. However, if she uses it on batteries, that is
>> another
>> story.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Computer Question
>>
>>
>> > On 5/23/2013 12:54 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> >> There is an external plug on the side of my laptop labeled eSata. Can
>> >> I
>> >> plug the external drive in there?
>> >
>> > YesBut. The only external drive cases for eSATA that I know of use a
>> > separate power supply, as the eSATA connection
>> > can't provide power for the drive.
>> >
>> > So it you are thinking about those cute little portable drives that
>> > connect to USB with only the one cable, I think not.
>> >
>> > OTOH, for light weight external drive connections, the USB on the
>> > little
>> > drives is fine.
>> >
>> > For connecting to a home eSATA drive, perfect! Just unplug from the
>> > main
>> > computer and plug into the portable computer
>> >
>> > Drive Me Batty Moose
>> >
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