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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 514104" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Make sure you get a powered USB hub, not one that takes its power just from the USB cable itself.</p><p></p><p>I had an oddball occurence the other day that underscored this for me. My ViewSonic 2130b monitor has an integrated four port USB2.0 hub. I have my wireless Logitech keyboard/mouse combo plugged into it, which is convenient. </p><p></p><p>I am guessing that it is a passive hub though, because I plugged my iPod into another of the ports when it needed to be recharged. Almost instantly, I lost the use of my keyboard/mouse! I am assuming that the iPod took all the "juice" available from the hub and everything else stopped working. I had to manually reset my Mac to get control back.</p><p></p><p>So, get a powered hub!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 514104, member: 17052"] Make sure you get a powered USB hub, not one that takes its power just from the USB cable itself. I had an oddball occurence the other day that underscored this for me. My ViewSonic 2130b monitor has an integrated four port USB2.0 hub. I have my wireless Logitech keyboard/mouse combo plugged into it, which is convenient. I am guessing that it is a passive hub though, because I plugged my iPod into another of the ports when it needed to be recharged. Almost instantly, I lost the use of my keyboard/mouse! I am assuming that the iPod took all the "juice" available from the hub and everything else stopped working. I had to manually reset my Mac to get control back. So, get a powered hub! [/QUOTE]
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