On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Fred Jones <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks to everyone that replied to my message. > I decided to go ahead and buy a powered USB hub to see if it would work for > what I had in mind. I bought a Belkin Lighted USB Hub and *it did work* > without the power connected. I used the hub with three devices connected at > the same time - a mouse, keyboard and flash drive. So now I have a USB hub > that works either with the power connected or not connected with the devices > I needed. :) Oh, I was using a Macbook Pro. I only tried with Windows XP, > but I imagine the Mac OS wouldn't have any trouble. > Thanks again for the helpful replies! > > Some of the Mac Books had USB ports that were more powered than others. I don't remember which ports but if you have trouble with one port try one on the other side. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
