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Re: Swapping Drives - Sanity Check



Thanks for the explanation!

 

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 10:49:56 AM tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 09:41:27AM -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:

> No. Imagine a data pin at +5V while the power rails are still in an

> undefined state. Not good for electronics.

>

> > I guess I am behind the times (and I will have to find some Plug-n-PLay

> > device and look at the connectors).

>

> Have a look at an USB connector (the traditional one, e.g. Type A):

> the outer "pins" (rather stripes) are longer (those are 0 and +5V).

> The middle ones (data) are shorter.

 

 


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