Submitted by SAM (not verified) on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 19:29.
That did the trick!
I couldn't find any zener diodes in the house, so I put a red LED inline (between the USB power line and the power pin 8). That dropped the power enough to make the laptop happy.
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That did the trick! I
That did the trick!
I couldn't find any zener diodes in the house, so I put a red LED inline (between the USB power line and the power pin 8). That dropped the power enough to make the laptop happy.
Works like a charm. Thanks.