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From: John on 26 Jul 2010 04:26
This is the second Belkin USB 2 Plus Hub 7 I've had. The first got red
hot and stopped working, the next one stopped working but didn't get
red hot, unplugging the USB feed from the Mac then plugging in again
got it working. This was on an iMac G5. I got a new iMac, alls well for
a while, I then got the spinning beachball, lots of trouble restarting,
unplugged the hub, problem goes away, plug the hub in again, problem is
back. Is it the hub or the power supply or something else the problem.

John

From: Andy Hewitt on 26 Jul 2010 07:53
John <coffee(a)the.cafe.com> wrote:

> This is the second Belkin USB 2 Plus Hub 7 I've had. The first got red
> hot and stopped working, the next one stopped working but didn't get
> red hot, unplugging the USB feed from the Mac then plugging in again
> got it working. This was on an iMac G5. I got a new iMac, alls well for
> a while, I then got the spinning beachball, lots of trouble restarting,
> unplugged the hub, problem goes away, plug the hub in again, problem is
> back. Is it the hub or the power supply or something else the problem.

I have a couple of 4 port hubs here, both cause problems if plugged into
a Mac directly. I have one on my Airport Extreme, and that's been fine.

I've also had issues with the Trust ones too.

Otherwise I've found a little 7 port hub from Hong Kong that's worked a
treat for about a year now. They're now available in the UK from eBay at
a good price.

Like this one:

<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PC-Laptop-7-Ports-USB-2-0-Powered-HUB-Free-AC-Ada
pter-/290457607940?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43a09f5f0
4#ht_2151wt_913>

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<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Ben Shimmin on 27 Jul 2010 03:30
Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid>:
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:26:20 +0100, John wrote
> (in article <2010072609262080532-coffee(a)thecafecom>):
>> This is the second Belkin USB 2 Plus Hub 7 I've had. The first got red
>> hot and stopped working, the next one stopped working but didn't get
>> red hot, unplugging the USB feed from the Mac then plugging in again
>> got it working. This was on an iMac G5. I got a new iMac, alls well for
>> a while, I then got the spinning beachball, lots of trouble restarting,
>> unplugged the hub, problem goes away, plug the hub in again, problem is
>> back. Is it the hub or the power supply or something else the problem.
>
> I've had two of the ones with 5 ports on the back and two on the top fail.
> They both got very hot the entire time, until they stopped working at which
> point they were cold. PSUs were good so far as I could tell.
>
> I'm now in the market for a new brand of hub.

The last time I asked about this, two or three kind souls recommended
the Kensington dome-shaped hubs. I never ended up buying one (I seem to
be much better at buying expensive gadgets, and always procrastinate
endlessly about the cheaper ones, and half the time end up getting
nothing), but the reviews on Amazon and so on are quite positive, and
they look fairly nice too.

b.

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From: Peter Ceresole on 27 Jul 2010 04:13
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> The last time I asked about this, two or three kind souls recommended
> the Kensington dome-shaped hubs. I never ended up buying one (I seem to
> be much better at buying expensive gadgets, and always procrastinate
> endlessly about the cheaper ones, and half the time end up getting
> nothing), but the reviews on Amazon and so on are quite positive, and
> they look fairly nice too.

I have two Kensington powered hubs, on different machines. Both have
worked perfectly.

I have in the past had bad experiences with Belkin kit (in this case a
router).

Broadly, over many years' use and combining my direct experience with my
family's, I have learnt to trust Kensington gear, but not Belkin.
--
Peter
From: Graeme on 27 Jul 2010 04:28
In message <1jma6m5.1k9cx0n1c2xo5qN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>
peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote:

> Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
>
> > The last time I asked about this, two or three kind souls recommended
> > the Kensington dome-shaped hubs. I never ended up buying one (I seem to
> > be much better at buying expensive gadgets, and always procrastinate
> > endlessly about the cheaper ones, and half the time end up getting
> > nothing), but the reviews on Amazon and so on are quite positive, and
> > they look fairly nice too.
>
> I have two Kensington powered hubs, on different machines. Both have
> worked perfectly.

I've got a dome-shaped hub marketed by Tchibo (sp?) Got it cheap from
Sainsbury's. It's 5 ports and a SD card reader but the latter apparently only
works with Windows. Touch wood it's worked perfectly so far.

--
Graeme Wall

My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
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