Usually with today's motherboards and the plethora of USB controllers (hubs) on them, you can usually find a free one. But if you can't then using a dedicated card could be considered a "Best (but not required) Practice".
-Tim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim N9PUZ Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 4:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Flex 1500...I'm lost and confused In general terms might it be better to use a separate USB interface card for a Flex 1500 system to insure the radio has a hub all to itself? Tim N9PUZ On 2/13/2011 2:03 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: > Here are a few USB enhanced controllers that are for a PCI bus that > specifically claims Win7 (or Vista) compatibility. > > http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro_usb2.html > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815166014 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815287002 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158102 > > > -Tim _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/

