Why I Try Not to Discard Stuff

My wife's PC has been using an old USB 1.1 hub and has recently started complaining that USB 2.0 would be faster.  Each time it does so, it disconnects the hub, then reconnects it.  For several seconds, keyboard and mouse are dead.  I dug through the PC bone pile and found a USB 2.0 hub missing only the power cord which at $8.36 seems expensive, but it was here in two days and her problem is solved.