Powering a USB hub - an idea

**Tim Lake** · 09-14-2007, 06:03 AM

Can anyone tell me if this would work:

I run a USB hub using a cable like this:
[media]http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/images/0/01/USB_dual_power_cable.jpg[/media]

One usb plug going to the PC, the other going to this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gamers-Choic.../dp/B000LK74MG

Would this work in providing the additional power needed to run an external DVD drive and external HDD?

**DarquePervert** · 09-14-2007, 07:12 AM

The USB is only going to draw enough power for a single USB port. If the devices on the USB hub draw more than would be allocated for a single USB port, then it's not going to work.

**Tim Lake** · 09-14-2007, 07:16 AM

I see, thanks. Is it safe to use that cable on the DVD drive only then? Does the device only draw the required power, rather than it being pushed (potentially too much causing damage)