Yeah, it's a RF choke and beneficial but required assuming the entire signal path
from PC to device is clean enough.
Booting could be an issue since you are adding an extra device into the path between
host & device that the BIOS may not be able to cope with.
Be careful using long and/or cheap USB cables as they do have length limits which can
be drastically shortened by noise & attenuation.
Bobby Heid wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
So the little choke looking thing on the USB cable does not really do
anything?
I do have an older M/B. I'll check the BIOS when I am able to reboot.
Thanks,
Bobby
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Subject: Re: [H] USB cable for external drive.
connected to a powered USB hub on my desktop
because it will not reach my PC. Can I safely replace the USB cable that
came with the unit with a standard 6-foot USB cable?
Yes, USB is USB.
Also, why will my pc not boot when I have the external drive that is plugged
into the hub and powered on?
Some older motherboards are like that. If you have a USB drive
plugged in and active they hang at post. Trying configuring your BIOS
boot sequence to include that drive.
