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U360 stopped working :(
LeedsFan:
--- Quote from: severdhed on June 18, 2009, 06:43:03 pm ---i think what he is getting at is that not all USB is created equal..some devices draw more power than others....a powered USB hub will often provide more power to a usb device than the built in usb port on the laptop...
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Yes I understand that. But the device works when I use the native LCD screen on the laptop (after unplugging the VGA external). You mean the VGA port can affect USB power? I suppose I can only try a powered hub and see if that makes a difference. ???
drventure:
Exactly. I'd be the last to say that the VGA port would effect the USB port, but... It's a laptop, and they tend to have lots of odd powersave type features....
LeedsFan:
Well it turned out to be a power issue. I bought a powered 7 port hub and everything worked great. The thing that really threw me was that it all worked in non-powered hub before plugging into the VGA port.... and also I used a powered hub from a friend and that didn't work either. But the power supply wasn't originally supplied with my friend's hub so maybe that wasn't supplying enough power? Not "matched"?
Anyway... it's all sorted now. Thanks for the help guys! :applaud: