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Kaytrim:

--- Quote from: Extreme8 on April 03, 2007, 03:46:21 pm --- "fix it till it's broke"

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Ah the path of the true tinkerer.  ;D


--- Quote from: Extreme8 on April 03, 2007, 03:46:21 pm ---Is this 500ma limit true for powered usb hubs as well? The reason I ask is that I have several devices that aren't seen when plugged into a regular hub (or directly into the usb port) but work fine when connected to a powered hub.

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I don't think that the amperage limit is the root of your problem there.  A USB device should always be recognized if the proper drivers are installed.  Normally this happens the first time that it is plugged into the computer.  It also depends on the USB standard that the device and computer are using.  Most of the un-powered hubs that I have found only support USB 1.0.  These usually run around $10.  The USB hubs that are powered, come with a power plug are 2.0.  Depending on the motherboard you may have both 1.0 and 2.0 USB ports. 

One thing that is supposed to happen but doent always work is that if a 2.0 device is plugged into a 1.0 port the device is supposed to detect it and downgrade to the 1.0 standard.  If one of these non complaint 2.0 devices is plugged into a 2.0 hub which is in turn plugged into a 1.0 port the hub will act as the translator for the device.  In this way the non complaint device will function normally.

Now I may be off my rocker here as this is based on some assumption and not fully understanding your hardware.  Nor do I pretend to be an expert on USB technology.  If I am completely wrong someone with more better knowlege should be along to fix my miss stakes. :laugh2:  RandyT, do I have this right or did I completely miss the mark?

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim
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