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Lee - May 23, 2011 2:51:02 pm PDT #16801 of 25501
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Sue - May 24, 2011 11:47:54 am PDT #16802 of 25501
hip deep in pie
So the replacement AC adpater for my HP Mini that I order through amazon arrived today. [link] It looks virtually the same as my previous adapter, except it's a two prong plug instead of a grounded three prong plug. Should I worry about this? Am I exposing my netbook (house?) to a higher risk of damage? I suspect it's a knockoff or a refurb, even though it was sold as "genuine."
Jon B. - May 24, 2011 4:35:32 pm PDT #16803 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is one prong wider than the other? Do your outlets have one slot wider than the other so that the plug can only go in one way? If the answer to both questions is yes, then you've got nothing to worry about. Everything is correctly grounded.
Steph L. - May 24, 2011 4:50:15 pm PDT #16804 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am posting this from the espresso machine MacBook Pro. It started up fine after >100 hours of being off and inverted in a cool, ventilated room.
Regular backups are definitely in order, though, since I have no way of knowing whether it's all really okay. (But hell, I should be backing up regularly anyway; I backed up the old laptop anywhere from every 1-2 weeks. I think I need to back this one up more frequently. Fortunately it has Time Machine on it, so that will be easy. Although it was easy on the old laptop, too; I just used Carbon Copy Cloner software.)
And related to backups, I have a question that reveals my lack of knowledge: is it common for external hard drives to have an AC adaptor for power? The external hard drive I was using to back up my iBook is 160 GB and probably 3 years old, and it was powered through the laptop's USB port.
I don't really care if it's common for the external hard drives to have AC adaptors; I just didn't realize that they did. t /living under a technological rock
Liese S. - May 24, 2011 4:52:14 pm PDT #16805 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay!
Yes, my external hard drive is ac powered. But, you know, it's in the closet in the media room, and completely untethered to any computer directly, because I am the kind of geek who put ethernet ports in her closets.
le nubian - May 24, 2011 4:53:01 pm PDT #16806 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm not sure it is common, but some of the bigger external hard drives typically need more than the USB port for power. Like getting into the multiple terabyte category.
I have a 1TB hard drive that does just fine from the USB port.
Liese S. - May 24, 2011 4:54:15 pm PDT #16807 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Mine is 2TB, if that figures.
Steph L. - May 24, 2011 5:03:11 pm PDT #16808 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm not sure it is common, but some of the bigger external hard drives typically need more than the USB port for power. Like getting into the multiple terabyte category.
I have a 1TB hard drive that does just fine from the USB port.
Interesting. I'm looking at 1 TB drives. I'd prefer one that is powered from the USB port, but it's not a deal-breaker.
Cass - May 24, 2011 5:22:55 pm PDT #16809 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I have one of each. I am way more likely to do timely backups on the USB-powered drive. It's that one more bit of simple. I just drag it over to wherever I am and let Time Machine whirl. Reminds me, I need to do a backup now.
Steph L. - May 24, 2011 5:27:32 pm PDT #16810 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I am way more likely to do timely backups on the USB-powered drive. It's that one more bit of simple. I just drag it over to wherever I am and let Time Machine whirl.
That is 100% me.