....just thought - may not be relevant - but, I thought my camera card
reader had died the other day, a little while after disconnecting and
reconnecting lots of USB leads. It turned out to be that I'd plugged a
printer USB lead into a "shared" USB port at the rear of my system box.
i.e. the pin header on my motherboard, (that's twinned with one of the rear
USB ports), was in use - and so a USB device must not be connected to that
"shared" / rear USB port.
If you are plugging it into a USB port at the rear of the machine, (e.g.
tower - top/rear of machine / main motherboard connector block), and if you
have USB sockets on, for example, the front of the case, connected to a pin
header on the motherboard - you could be plugging your hub into a USB
plug-hole that's "shared." This will cause problems. If this is the case
plug your hub into a different USB port/plug hole ! You should refer to
your mother board / PC manual to check on your current hardware features and
configuration.
....or simply plug the hub intoa different USB port ?
e.g. on my system box at the rear I have 4 USB ports, and the upper/left
one, (viewing my midi-tower from the rear), is shared with one of the pin
headers on the motherboard - to which I connected a camera card reader
fitted into a 3 1/2/" drive bay. i.e. one must not use that rear /
"shared" USB port if you have a device connected to it's "twin," if you
like, pin header on the motherboard.
regards, Richard
