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Is there someone out there that could help? <a class="postlink" href="" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008</a> ... hisProduct<!-- m --></p> <p>Check out the link above.</p> <p>Thanks</p> </div></div><div style='clear: both;height:1px'></div></div></div><div class='spTopicPostSection spEven spType-User spRank-member spSpecialRank-mod spUsergroup-members spUserPost' id='eachPost4239'><a id='p4239'></a><div class='spUserSection spLeft' id='spColTopic11882456049' style='min-height: 50px'><div class='spPlainSection'><div class='spPostUserAvatar spCenter'><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIAAAAyAQAAAAA2RLUcAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAOSURBVBjTY2AYBYMJAAABkAABxZvbSQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" class="spAvatar lazyload" style='max-width: 50px' alt='Avatar' data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-avatars/defaults/userdefault.png" decoding="async" 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id='spPostIndexUserDate4239' class='spPostUserDate spLeft'>March 26, 2010 - 3:30 pm</div><a class='spButton spLeft' id='spPostIndexPermalink4239' title='The post permalink' rel='nofollow' href='https://davescomputertips.com/forum/computer-hardware/usb-hub/#p4239'><picture><source type="image/webp" data-srcset="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/sp_Permalink.png.webp"><img class="spIcon lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAQAAAAA3iMLMAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAMSURBVAjXY2AgDQAAADAAAceqhY4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt='sp_Permalink' data-eio="p" data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/sp_Permalink.png" decoding="async" data-eio-rwidth="16" data-eio-rheight="16" /></picture><noscript><img class='spIcon' src='https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/sp_Permalink.png' alt='sp_Permalink' data-eio="l" /></noscript> </a><a 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cablestogo model.<br /> [url=http://www.google.com/products?q=cablestogo+usb+hub&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=LgutS6KJJYWwNueH6dcP&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CC0QrQQwAw:3cfpn8qk]Google it![/url:3cfpn8qk]</p> <p>Other than that I've never really used one...</p> </div></div><div style='clear: both;height:1px'></div></div></div><div class='spTopicPostSection spOdd spType-Admin spRank-admin spSpecialRank-admin spUserPost' id='eachPost4242'><a id='p4242'></a><div class='spUserSection spLeft' id='spColTopic12875638296' style='min-height: 50px'><div class='spPlainSection'><div class='spPostUserAvatar spCenter'><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" class="spAvatar lazyload" style='max-width: 50px' alt='Avatar' data-src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/55967d29423f72df8971f02fa32b5ab7?d=404&size=50&rating=pg" decoding="async" /><noscript><img 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data-srcset="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/darkpack/sp_Print.png.webp"><img class="spIcon lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAQAAAAA3iMLMAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAMSURBVAjXY2AgDQAAADAAAceqhY4AAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt='sp_Print' data-eio="p" data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/darkpack/sp_Print.png" decoding="async" data-eio-rwidth="16" data-eio-rheight="16" /></picture><noscript><img class='spIcon' src='https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-themes/reboot/images/darkpack/sp_Print.png' alt='sp_Print' data-eio="l" /></noscript> </a></div><div class='spPostContentSection'><div id='spPostIndexContent4242' class='spPostContent'><p>I've used a few, but most were no name brands.</p> <p>The best I advice I can offer is to get a powered hub. They cost more and require an AC connections, but there is good reason to go that route.</p> <p>A USB port has a maximum current capability of 500ma (milliamps). A non-powered hub still has that limit, but now you have multiply devices pulling from that one 500ma pool, which can cause power problems if there are several USB devices connected or more than one device that requires a higher current (external hard drives). </p> <p>Powered hubs use the AC power to provide the 500ma to EACH USB port on the hub, so you shouldn't have any issues no matter what you connect.</p> <p>Hope that makes sense!</p> </div></div><div id='spPostIndexUserFlexSignature4242' class='spPostUserSignature'><p><a href="https://davescomputertips.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAWgAAAA8AQAAAABj9h0tAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAaSURBVEjH7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAADgzwAKyAAB0IFX9gAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" width="360" height="60" data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/DCT-3Click-Signature-Blue-360x60.png" decoding="async" class="lazyload" data-eio-rwidth="360" data-eio-rheight="60" /><noscript><img src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/DCT-3Click-Signature-Blue-360x60.png" width="360" height="60" data-eio="l" /></noscript></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DavesComputerTips/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACsAAAAqAQAAAAACep/IAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAANSURBVBjTY2AYBYQBAAEmAAGEhrbwAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" width="43" height="42" data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/facebook.png" decoding="async" class="lazyload" data-eio-rwidth="43" data-eio-rheight="42" /><noscript><img src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/facebook.png" width="43" height="42" data-eio="l" /></noscript></a><a href="https://twitter.com/DavesCompTips" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACsAAAAqAQAAAAACep/IAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAANSURBVBjTY2AYBYQBAAEmAAGEhrbwAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" width="43" height="42" data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/twitter.png" decoding="async" class="lazyload" data-eio-rwidth="43" data-eio-rheight="42" /><noscript><img src="https://davescomputertips.com/signatures/twitter.png" width="43" height="42" data-eio="l" /></noscript></a></p> </div><div style='clear: both;height:1px'></div></div></div><div class='spTopicPostSection spEven spType-User spRank-member spUsergroup-members spUserPost spAuthorPost' id='eachPost4244'><a id='p4244'></a><div class='spUserSection spLeft' id='spColTopic12983825382' style='min-height: 50px'><div class='spPlainSection'><div class='spPostUserAvatar spCenter'><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADIAAAAyAQAAAAA2RLUcAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAAOSURBVBjTY2AYBYMJAAABkAABxZvbSQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" class="spAvatar lazyload" style='max-width: 50px' alt='Avatar' data-src="https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-avatars/defaults/userdefault.png" decoding="async" data-eio-rwidth="50" data-eio-rheight="50" /><noscript><img src='https://davescomputertips.com/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-avatars/defaults/userdefault.png' class='spAvatar' style='max-width: 50px' alt='Avatar' data-eio="l" /></noscript></div><div id='spPostIndexUserName4244' class='spPostUserName spCenter'>dsweiner</div><div id='spPostIndexUserLocatin4244' class='spPostUserLocation spCenter'>S.E. 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