Re: BUFFALO WLI-U2-KG54-AI USB adaptor stopped being 'recognized'

Thanks Jeff,

Doesn't really help me with checking the output capabilities of my laptop's
ports directly, but it has enabled me to check the adaptor via the pc and
confirm that the 'power' tab rates this as 400ma and my 1Gig flash drive at
100ma - rather indicates it's not a good idea to have both pluged into the
laptop at the same time, but looks like I'll have to plug 4 flash drives in
at once to see if the laptop can manage the power of the buffalo. I'm one
short at the mo...

Cheers,
S



"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Navas <spamfilter1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:03:43 GMT, "spamlet"
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That occasional warning that 'device is unable to start' does rather
still
hint that there may be some power loss problem in the laptop's USB
outlets -
if this is refering to the wireless transmitter - :
how can I check this? ...

Plug in any working USB device that takes power from USB.

Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager
Universal Serial Buzz Controllers -> USB 2.0 Root Hub
Hit the "Power" tab and it will tell you its current drain.

This does not work on very USB device but seems to work on everything
in front of me. I just pluged in two SanDisk 2GB USB Memory things.
The page claims they burn 200ma each. That's not actually a
measurement of its current drain, but rather the rated current as
specified by the device in its driver. Other "root hubs" inside my
machine claim my USB camera requires 100ma and my HP 3420 printer
requires 10ma.

If plugging in your USB Buffalo Radio totals something near 500ma for
everything, you've hit the maximum.

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