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		contingencies on Nov 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components Try different powered hubs. Last week I discovered a USB key that eats so much power it won't run without a powered hub! Numerous external hard drives and optical drives are in this camp, too.

sdfjkl on Nov 25, 2016 [–]

Does the power requirement change between USB 2.0 and USB 3? If not, I don't see why more power would change anything.

I also don't think a power problem on an attached USB device should give my computer a kernel panic.

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