The Pi itself has always been powered by it's own PSU (1amp.. I think). I am at a loss right now but it's fine for the moment. I have heard of others saying to cut the power wire on the output port to alleviate problems then I hear that it doesn't matter. Any ideas about that? I don't really care ab...

Well it's 3:30am EST and I am finally able to post! (For some reason this site doesn't want to load on my Android!) The unit worked flawlessly through the hub whilst connected to laptop. I waited until the computer booted, selected Win 7 for the test, and then connected drive. No problems from any o...

I haven't tried using the powered hub on the laptop because it works fine through on board USB. I wouldn't think that I needed to run a powered hub off of the laptop if it has no problem powering USB drives. I will try later and report back. I am fine with running it smb right now but I was just won...

I just recently purchased a Toshiba Canvio 500GB USB 3.0/2.0 drive. I used it on my laptop first to erase the bloatware and re format so it was clean. My laptop is a Gateway M-1631U with Win 7/Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot. The unit works fine through the USB ports on laptop. I wanted to use it on the Pi t...