On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 02:01 PM, George Edward Korbe wrote: > As soon as I unplugged a USB hub > (with external power source) the drive mounted. Boy, was I a happy > camper. > > .......As I think about it I was getting a lot of messages stating, > "Some USB > items are drawing more power than required," and then some of my USB > lights would go out on the hub.
All USB hubs are not created equal. We had two inexpensive 4 port, powered hubs (Under $10.00 ea. at Comp USA). One on an iMac the other on a G3 tower. There were always anomalies on both machines with USB devices. I finally purchased, a quality, name brand, USB powered hub (Orange micro in this case) for a lot more cost, and all USB problems disappeared. Did the same thing for the other machine. Everything works as intended. Firewire external HD's, and CD-RW units, USB printers and scanners, etc.. If you have USB peripherals that you use, try a different hub, before giving up they they do not work with your firewire drive. Just my experience. Jack Russell -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
