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How to safely turn off USB-connected, ATX PSU powered 3.5" hard disk drives built as internal?

I have a bunch of internal, 3.5" HDDs which I connect them to my laptop using an adaptor which converts SATA/IDE to USB 2.0. I can choose the "Safely remove storage" option in Windows 10 and it ...
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Is there an instrument or software that can measure the ACTUAL maximum power available to a USB port? [closed]

I use a non-self-powered USB modem device for a solutions I provide to multiple customers, and very often I encounter a problem in which the devices stops working due to many reasons, one of which I ...
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How do you check how much power a USB port can deliver?

Some laptops have a special USB port that can deliver more power than the other ones. However it is not always easy to identify which one is the good one, nor how much power it can deliver. So is ...
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