Since my computer is out of warranty, Acer will not answer my question. I hope somebody here knows.
I have multiple portable drives (6) that I usually have all plugged into the computer at the same time. There has been concern over the usb ports being able to provide enough power to that many drives. The question I'm being asked is "What does the motherboard maker claim about support of this many USB drives?"
I don't know much about computers and am being prodded by someone to ask. I have used Speccy to get some details but I don't know if the answer to the question is in there. I've pasted them down below.
Would anyone here know the answer?
Thanks.
The motherboard details from Speccy:
Manufacturer Acer
Model Aspire TC-710 (U3E1)
Version V:1.1
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model Skylake
Chipset Revision 07
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model Skylake PCH
Southbridge Revision 31
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version R01-B1
Date 07/02/2017
Voltage
CPU CORE 0.836 V
MEMORY CONTROLLER 1.331 V
VIN2 2.013 V
VIN3 0.583 V
VIN4 1.815 V
VIN6 0.781 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI-E x16
Slot Type PCI-E x16
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation PCIE16X
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCIE1X_1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E Gen 2 x1
Slot Type PCI-E Gen 2 x1
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation M.2
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 2
