08-21-14 12:02 waldo kitty wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Hibernating XP Burps!   
      
    wk> @MSGID: <53F66E3B.13185.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    wk>   Re: Re: Hibernating XP Burps!   
    wk>   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.   
      
    wk> right, those are the one's i was talking about... the power is   
    wk> still carried on the cable to the computer even if there is a   
    wk> power brick for the usb device... one end or the other should   
    wk> ideally have diodes to block the power from flowing back into   
    wk> the computer... that's what i was saying... when there are no   
    wk> diodes, the power flows both directions with no restrictions...   
      
   Howdy! Mark,   
      
   USB Hubs and most everything else never come with a Schematic Diagram   
   of the circuit where a person would know if the maker put a Diode in   
   that line or not.   
      
    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.   
      
    wk> exactly... but there are/were few devices that needed that much   
    wk> power... then again, it seems that "they" never really thought   
    wk> about folks having so many usb devices... i know of one system   
    wk> close by that has six usb hard drives connected directly to the   
    wk> computer which has eight or ten usb ports... that system also   
    wk> has a usb hub or two with mouse, keyboard, camera, cell phone   
    wk> and numerous other devices connected... i think there's even   
    wk> one of those damnable usb printers connected... IIRC, they are   
    wk> using power connected to each device instead of using the power   
    wk> provided by the computer or a brick connected to the hub(s)...   
    wk> convienience isn't always ;)   
      
   I've used USB All In Ones for printing since I put a USB 2 card in the   
   W98SE computer I used before I got this XP box.   
      
   The used W95 Notebook I got in 1998 had Serial and Parallel Ports on it   
   where I could use the Canon BJC-610 printer I was using with the 486 pc   
   by using a Switch Box to share the printer with those computers.   
      
   Actually I had two Parallel Port Switch Boxes in series so I could use   
   the Epson FX-86e when I wanted to also. Go ahead and laugh.   
   -snip-   
    wk> ... Components that must not and cannot be assembled improperly   
    wk> will be.   
      
   Yep!, even if they're Color Coded.   
      
   ... "You've flunked the test," the teacher said degradingly.   
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