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How can I guess if a USB cable will power my devices?
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Mar 15, 202617466 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've had problems with one long (4 meter) USB Mini-B to USB Type-A cable not being able to boot a 2.5'' external hard disc due to not supplying enough current. On top of that, the cable used a Type-A to Mini-B adapter for the Mini-B part, which probably made things worse. Three different shorter ca…
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I find it impossible to believe that USB cable can't supply enough current for a device and that for power supply use length of SUB cable can matter. Here's some reasoning why: I'll cite USB specification 2.0. It says that the minimum cable which ma…
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