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running out of usb ports. pci card add on?
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ed12:
try here
startech.com
personally i run 5 of there card's pcmia
never a hick-up

ed
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: jaharr01 on July 05, 2014, 10:06:16 pm ---oh Yotsuya, You just have to be different don't you.
Jay

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Jay-

A pci card means 1 less power outlet and 1 less USB cable that I have to deal with.  :cheers:
Nephasth:
PCI card all the way!
dkersten:
I have wondered if you use a hub for multiple devices if you will run into a problem with interrupts and too many inputs at once, or even use up the bandwidth of the bus.  Most computers these days have two or three USB controllers with 2 ports on each, so if you spread out your devices across multiple controllers, there is less going on with one controller, whereas with a hub you are running all those devices on one interrupt and one controller chip.  I always just figured it was good practice to spread things out, so I would add a PCIe card with another controller before using a hub, but that might not be necessary.  Anyone here use a hub and tried to run a 4 player game where everyone is pressing multiple buttons at once to see if there is any conflicts or glitches?  I am curious to know if the USB bus can handle 6 or 7 HID devices at once on one chain.  I know that originally the USB (being serial) could theoretically handle 128 devices per chain, but I have run into problems with too many devices on one chain in the past which might have been a bandwidth limitation of the early USB formats.  I have been looking for an answer to these questions for some time now.
Malenko:
if it was a laptop Id say go with a powered hub, but a desktop? No shame in getting a PCI card, as stated one less USB cord and one less power cord.
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