MiniDock II won't power USB hard drives?

[gpvillamil]

I have an IBM Minidock II (part number 2878) for my T41p, and have noticed that it does not power my USB hard drives. Basically when they are plugged in I get an error message saying that power for that USB Hub has been exceeded, or something like that.

The same drives work fine when plugged into a powered USB hub and from there, to the Minidock.

This is rather disappointing, considering that the MiniDock II comes with such a hefty power supply.

Is this normal, or is there something wrong here?

[awolfe63]

I have had the same thing happen when I try to plug my USB phone charger into the MiniDock II. It works fine when I plug it into the side USB ports on my T42.