Re: Re: Hibernating XP Burps!   
     By: Ed Vance to mark lewis on Tue Aug 19 2014 22:36:00   
      
    EV> 08-18-14 04:23 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Hibernating XP Burps!   
      
    EV> I use USB Hubs that come with a external wall wart power supply instead   
    EV> of the power supplied by the computer to the USB Hub.   
      
   right, those are the one's i was talking about... the power is still carried on   
   the cable to the computer even if there is a power brick for the usb device...   
   one end or the other should ideally have diodes to block the power from flowing   
   back into the computer... that's what i was saying... when there are no diodes,   
   the power flows both directions with no restrictions...   
      
    EV> I figure if I want to plug some USB device in a Hub I don't want the   
    EV> Hub to have insufficient power to run that device.   
      
   exactly... but there are/were few devices that needed that much power... then   
   again, it seems that "they" never really thought about folks having so many usb   
   devices... i know of one system close by that has six usb hard drives connected   
   directly to the computer which has eight or ten usb ports... that system also   
   has a usb hub or two with mouse, keyboard, camera, cell phone and numerous   
   other devices connected... i think there's even one of those damnable usb   
   printers connected... IIRC, they are using power connected to each device   
   instead of using the power provided by the computer or a brick connected to the   
   hub(s)... convienience isn't always ;)   
      
    EV> As usual I try to learn as much as I can.   
      
   that shows and you've done very well these past years :)   
      
    EV> I consider myself knowlegable enough about Computer Stuff to be   
    EV> considered dangerous.   
      
   many of us are considered at that level... even after 30 years and even moreso   
   in some cases because of programming and coding experiance :lol:   
      
    EV> I am glad Your Friend figured out a work around to use his DELL.   
    EV> Computers do get aggrevating at times don't they?   
      
   it took us some weeks to figure out the problem... it wasn't until i was there   
   one day to clean up and rearrange all the cables that the cats continually   
   scramble into a nest that i noticed there was a led lit that should have been   
   off... when i removed power from the usb hub, the led went out... plug the   
   power back in and it was back on... this was a led on the computer, not the   
   hub... it was enlightening ;)   
      
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