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Title: USB Hub Question
Post by: Fencer51 on August 20, 2010, 08:03:44 PM

I bought a Rosewill 7 place powered USB 2.0 hub this week.

I plugged it in and connected the USB cable to the CPU, and my backup drive and scanner to it.   And nothing..

Its like they don't exist.  The "manual" says it needs a "USB host controller installed on the computer".  Isn't that part of Windoze XP?

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: USB Hub Question
Post by: Spikes on August 20, 2010, 08:35:04 PM

First off does the computer recognize the USB hub itself?

Title: Re: USB Hub Question
Post by: cattb on August 21, 2010, 08:44:42 AM

You could try and go to your control panel and install maual, have the PC look for your hub. When you plug your hub in, open your device manager also and look at the USB controller and see if anything is changing, like something is getting plugged in but your hub is not not being recognized.

Seems to me the PC will remember what was plugged into the USB port before. I had used a external drive in a usb port, then I switched to a key drive ( I think is what it was, or I switched to something else) and I was having problems. If I remember, when my device was plugged into the usb I deleted from in device manager and then I installed from the control panel using the add hardware.

Title: Re: USB Hub Question
Post by: Masherbrum on August 21, 2010, 11:21:14 AM

Belkin is tops for Powered USB Hubs.   Rosewill seems to be hit or miss.

Title: Re: USB Hub Question
Post by: Pudgie on August 21, 2010, 01:22:59 PM

Quote from: Spikes on August 20, 2010, 08:35:04 PM

First off does the computer recognize the USB hub itself?

What Spikes said.