George Del Monte
Geek Trainee
Please, I don't want opinions. Just the facts, Ma'am, as Jack Webb would say. My new computer has four (count 'em, FOUR) USB sockets on the back plane. I have a USB mouse, keyboard, UPS, and printer. Then there're the Webcam and three external hard drives. On the front of the computer, the two USB sockets each has a flash drive for "portable files." No, they're not porn; they are backups for very special files. APC (the UPS company) told me their UPSs must be connected directly to the computer and NOT via a USB hub or USB switch. The external hard drives do not play well via the self-powered hub, whether power is on or off, periodically causing a pop-up messasge that the drive must be formatted. So, just what the heck are USB hubs good for? What kinds of devices are technically compatible with whatever it is that's going on in a hub?