so what is interesting is that I found a ipod power supply with 5.1v and 2.1a so I used that and it didn't go out at all. I left it for an hour.

when I got the pi I ended up taking out the usb and plugging it back in again and restarts automatically. could that have ruined it?

model b is my pi

I use both usb slots that don't use extensions and no usb hub.

what do you mean by two full sized usb plugs?

I toubleshooted the pi to check for power. power adapter is 5v 1.0a I have connected USB: wifi adapter, wireless keyboard / mouse Web Cam HDMI video I volt metered the tp1 to tp2 and got 4.5v i volt metered the tp2 to fuse 1 on the back and got 4.83 I am running a script to send out video using gstr...