10-14-2003, 08:49 PM | #3 (permalink) |
The GrandDaddy of them all!
Location: Austin, TX
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or u could just buy a hub.
i have a belkin hub (for my old pc) and it has worked pretty fine. i think that if u dont wanna open up the case, go with a usb hub.
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10-14-2003, 10:50 PM | #6 (permalink) |
Quadrature Amplitude Modulator
Location: Denver
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Wow, I feel like an idiot. I got a USB hub just 2 days ago. Heh.
Yeah, a USB hub will do the job just fine for most things. If you need more bandwidth for something (video camera? depends on the USB spec used I guess) a PCI card is still good though.
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10-15-2003, 03:07 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Location: Calgary
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it depends,mainly on what you want to use, I remeber there being some tests, that showe that the most a single port can support is around 5-6 devices. (it's supposed to be hiogher, but realisticly.
as well, if you want to use several things that will max out the usb bandwidth, buy a seperate pci card. |
10-15-2003, 02:08 PM | #10 (permalink) |
Huggles, sir?
Location: Seattle
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Actually, I just now (20 minutes ago) installed a VIA 6220 PCI USB2.0 card. It was a bit of a hassle because the card doesn't quite fit right, and it was at one point conflicting with my soundcard, but it works now.
The reason that I got a PCI card instead of just a hub, is that my two on-board USB ports appear to be dying and I didn't want to plug a hub into what could be a non-working port tomorrow. If you have functional on-boad ports, just get a hub -- it's slightly cheaper, and less hassle.
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10-16-2003, 02:27 AM | #11 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: London...no longer a student
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usb hub is probably the easiest way, but maybe not the fastest. and if u want a usb 2.0 and u only have usb 1 ports, i'd recomend hardware upgrade
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