I am looking for a docking station for an external hard drive.

I puchased an external docking station from MonoPrice. I have already returned this item once because of this error message. I am getting the same error message on the 2nd one. Please advise.

Is this what you have?:
SATA HDD Docking Station w/ Card Reader & 2 Port USB Hub (USB+E-SATA)
If not, please post a link. It sounds like the dock comes with its own power supply but you are not using it or it is not putting out power. Most people get that message with USB external hard drives that are intended for mobile use and thus lack an indepenent power source. It overwhelms the USB bus wth power demands.
The specs for the product I linked says it comes with a power supply.

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Thanks for the link.
Hadn't seen that review, but it matches what I conclude about that particular model - there's still lots of connecting & disconnecting to do. It has only one USB port docked, and another one sitting up top. I have many items I'll be attaching via USB, such as Wacom, backup drive, external drive for photos, mouse. And would prefer a Powered version so I don't have to connect the power cord each time either. And if you notice that video, he shpws his desktop consisting on nothing but a keyboard & a monitor. So with the lid closed on the MBA, how's he move the cursor around? Missing a mouse there. (Yes - he could have a wirelesss mouse, but personally, I find a wired mouse much better - but he has NONE.
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Hello ...
My name is Rui, i'm from Portugal ... (so please be patiente with my english, it can get a bit confusing)
so... first of all ... i have to say ... i'm still a pc user ... i don't have a Mac ... yet ... they are sold out right now in the shops near me ... i am waitting for them to arrive so i can pick up mine ... (i wish in a couple of days i will be entering the Mac world ....) ... i'll be picking the "entery" iMac model, the 21,5'', i5 with 500gb hard disk ... well .. i know it's the cheapest one (i hope it is a good machine tho) ... but it's my entering Mac world too (my only apple products till know were the ipod ...) ... one of my concerns are being the 500gb hard drive ... that for my pc experience is a little bit short ... that makes me a little scared (but paying 300e for the next model to have a 1tb disk, it's not a good option for me right now) ...
so..
I've been reading a lot about iMac's ans OS X so i can get familiar with this all new world ...
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... if it is a silly question ... sorry ... but please remember, i've never had a Mac computer (i'm waiting for my 1st iMac to be available on store) ... so a lot of things are "flying" in my head right now ...
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... "i can do it, i can do it" eheeh
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