I am worried about power consumption. 2 of my 4 USB ports are unpowered,
while my other 2 have an external power source.
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Yes all hubs are powered except for hub 2. each have only 4 ports.
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On 04/11/10 06:52PDT, Mystic Prowler wrote:
I am worried about power consumption. 2 of my 4 USB ports are unpowered,
while my other 2 have an external power source.
I would replace any unpowered hubs with powered hubs. That should leave
you with only the 2 USB ports on the keyboard as
Hello, I just wanted to ask, because I think I have too many USB ports on my
main machine, my G4 iMac, an they're all used. I am not talking about JUST
the USB ports on the logic board, I have 4 hubs plugged in and all fully
used. Is that normal? I have 16 total USB ports on my G4 iMac, and all
What is your concern? Fire risk? Power consumption? Etc...
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On 3 Nov 2010, at 17:41, Mystic Prowler coolmar...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it normal to have this many USB ports?
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That is quite a few!
If the hard drives/DVD drive have a FireWire interface too, try using that
instead? You'll get better transfer speeds that way too. If not, maybe when
they die/get replaced that'll be something to look at?
Otherwise, looks like you actually need all those ports to avoid
2 things to keep in mind
1)
USB2.0 has a max claimed speed of 480mbps
that is NOT per device
that is total per host(per motherboard mounted controller, not per port)
which means if you access more than one thing at a time you are
dividing the speed
2)
only use powered USB hubs (you probly know
On 03/11/10 10:41PDT, Mystic Prowler wrote:
Hello, I just wanted to ask, because I think I have too many USB ports
on my main machine, my G4 iMac, an they're all used. I am not talking
about JUST the USB ports on the logic board, I have 4 hubs plugged in
and all fully used. Is that normal? I
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