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Powering two disks from RockPro64
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02-19-2026, 09:31 PM
(02-19-2026, 06:57 PM)evilbunny Wrote: The USB ports don't have enough power for that unless the drives are externally powered

That is what I suspected, thank you. Right now one drive hangs on USB3 port without external power, but I suspect that the whole power delivery is divided between all USB ports, and that is why two drives are impossible without external power right?
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RE: Powering two disks from RockPro64 - by some_pinephone_user - 02-19-2026, 09:31 PM

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