[Evil_Genius]

Originally Posted by extragoode

Since the cable is electrically the same, there is just more amperage available on that port is there any way to force this higher amount of current through a standard cable?

I've yet to find any HP/Compaq documentation that makes that claim.

the only mention of it i've been able to find anywhere on the internet was a post over at VRzone http://forums.vr-zone.com/notebooks-...-notebook.html

There the poster mentions something about a 5V/3.6A power adapter. But I would be shocked, to say the least, if the port on the 2133 can delivery that kind of amperage (the traces are tiny).

Perhaps byersbw or chaz would be willing to let us test whether or not thier mininotes can supply that kind of wattage to a calibrated dummy load(read: fry the life out of thier netbooks).

There is a "Powered USB" standard. But it has a completely different physical connector. It can supply some insane voltage and wattage(up to 144 watts).

[extragoode]

Originally Posted by Evil_Genius

I've yet to find any HP/Compaq documentation that makes that claim.

the only mention of it i've been able to find anywhere on the internet was a post over at VRzone http://forums.vr-zone.com/notebooks-...-notebook.html

There the poster mentions something about a 5V/3.6A power adapter. But I would be shocked, to say the least, if the port on the 2133 can delivery that kind of amperage (the traces are tiny).

Perhaps byersbw or chaz would be willing to let us test whether or not thier mininotes can supply that kind of wattage to a calibrated dummy load(read: fry the life out of thier netbooks).

There is a "Powered USB" standard. But it has a completely different physical connector. It can supply some insane voltage and wattage(up to 144 watts).

It can't be both ways. Either this port is electrically identical to a normal USB port (which is the bandwagon I'm inclined to jump on and the one you seemed to be on too since you report no other pins or connections to the motherboard for other power leads) or there are other pins to carry additional voltage or current. If the ports are electrically identical, then there is software to detect if a plugged in device is higher power or not and there should be a way to force it to allow that on a standard USB cable. If there are separate power pins, then I just need to connect to them. It's as simple as that.

That forum about the adapter said that a universal power supply could be used. I really doubt that the HP multibay uses more than an amp, so any 5V AC adapter will work as long as it's REGULATED and has a high enough current rating.