> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (graywolf) wrote: > > > You may need a powered hub. Often that is the case when there is more > > than one USB device per controller. > > Thanks - that's just solved my problem with a Hama USB 2.0 Pocketdrive > 6-in-1. I have Windows XP running on an Intel motherboard, and before > adding the powered hub, the machine could get as far as seeing the "disk > drives", but complained of i/o errors on trying to read them. With the > powered USB hub, everything just works.
Powered hubs are often a good idea if you have high-speed-transfer devices (such as disk drives or scanners), as well as solving problems with fanout.
