I don't think you have to many, IIRC you can have like 256 devices? I'd do just what your thinking. Plug the card directly into a USB port, skip the hub. Hubs can be cheesy, quality-wise. Tripplite makes some great powered hubs.
Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [H] USB Problem > From: Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, July 12, 2014 11:15 am > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > Still working out the bugs on the new build. > > I *think* I have too many USB devices. > > System is an Asus Maximus VII Hero, i7-4770k, 16GB memory, not > overclocked, Ancient 6850 video card. Antech 650 watt supply. > > Now for USB I have: Video camera, 2 external drives, printer, scanner, > mouse, keyboard, two midi keyboards and the problem indication: Alva > Nanoface sound card. > > When I had everything plugged in (printer, scanner & midi keyboards were > on an external hub), the sound would start out okay, then begin to > crackle, finally get so bad you couldn't stand it. Tried plugging > nanoface into just about every USB hole with the same result. The > nanoface expects USB 2.0. Tried powering the hub, but that didn't help. > > If I unplugged one of the midi keyboards, things were okay for most of > the time. Every once in a while (days apart), I'd get the crackling > again, in the same way. Tried a different hub, no joy. > > I checked with the IT department at work, they said they'd had this > happen once, too many USB devices, but don't know if it every got solved > (it was at another division). > > So I'm looking for some ideas on how to make this bullet proof. Right > now the performance is acceptable, on the infrequent times when it's > crackling, I only need unplug the nanoface and replug it and I'm good > for a while. > > Right now I have a PCI-E USB 3.0 card sitting here. It takes power > directly from the system PS. I was planning on isolating the nanoface > with this card. If the problem is power, this has it's own power. If > it's bandwidth, then this card doesn't share bandwidth with any other > USB port. > > Ideals? > > Thanks....Steve
