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Subject: Re: USB Powered Speakers
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> wrote:

> ... they are only attached for power purposes ...

> Input power: DC 5V 500mA

Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports
on your FreeBSD box are 1.x?  I don't remember the USB power spec
offhand, but 2.5W may exceed what a USB 1.x port can supply --
a limit that applies regardless of the system's overall power
provisioning.