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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Is It a Bad Sign When You Need A 10 Port USB Hub?

This is what I had before:

And I needed to plug in another USB device, a headset because the microphone input jack is not working.
So I bought this.

UPDATE: An unexpected benefit.  The 1TB external drive has never allowed the PC to boot while it is connected.  Because this is a USB 3.0 hub, it now boots just fine with the drive connected.
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4 comments:

  1. SigivaldNovember 19, 2014 at 11:34 AM

    It does tend to suggest some Fundamental Problem with the setup, if you're actually using 10 USB devices and they're not mostly idle charger chables...

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  2. Clayton CramerNovember 19, 2014 at 6:44 PM

    Two external har drives, mouse, keyboard, and a bunch of camera cables, mostly disconnected.

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  3. SigivaldNovember 20, 2014 at 11:03 AM

    Okay, so, yes, mostly idle cables.

    You're fine; no bad sign there.

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  4. Geek to go ...November 25, 2014 at 3:29 PM

    I always just plug the cameras' memory cards into a SD card reader. For one thing, the camera software always hijacks the PC.

    JLW III

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