The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
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"Not functional and gathering dust." on by Tootsie44
Pros: The number of ports is great
Cons: However, it stops working for no apparent reason.
Summary: One minute I'm using the mouse that is plugged into it and the next minute the mouse isn't working. Unplugging the mouse or peripherald from the hub and plugging them either into the computer directly or another port corrects the problem. This started after two weeks, but by then, I couldn't return it to the store since the packaging and sales slip were thrown away.
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I guess this might work, from " http://terrywhite.com/techblog/?p=235 "
# Tomon 05 Sep 2008 at 10:50 am
I know I?m a few weeks late on this, but I have had good experiences with the same usbgear hub as recommended by Toby, barring one issue:
It can?t power portable hard disks in my experience. As soon as you plug one in it shuts down the port and you can?t then use it for any other device unless you powercycle the hub which is a real pain in the arse!
So the question is - how can you tell if a powered USB hub is capable of powering a portable HD without requiring the HD?s external power brick or one of those dual USB A plug leads to supply the extra power from a second USB port?
Tom.
Hope this helps!
