2008/10/23 Charles Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You end up with several 'cable ends' lying near the USB port, just > plug in the correct (wanted) one.
This is the only way to do this, I think. My situation is different. My USB hub has my printer, MIDI cable, calculator link cable, and Bluetooth adapter. I just leave the whole shebang off using my master switch when I'm not using any of these (which is usually) > >> I would also prefer not to have a >> powered hub *if I don't need it* because the one I had years ago (USB >> 1.1) was always powered on unless I physically unplugged it. >> >> I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way >> to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB >> hub act as a pass-through cable extender so that it need not be >> powered? Is there enough power coming from the internal USB port to >> continue through the hub to the USB device, > > possibly, but what is supposed to tell anything else plugged into the > hub that it's NOT the one wanted, and to not draw any power? > > Make more sense? > Chuck D. > >> or is there a drop in >> power through the hub that needs to be boosted by external power to >> the hub? >> >> Hope this helps >> >> Steve R > > > > -- -hackmiester --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
