Motherboard-supported vs. present USB hubs.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:31 amI'm a little confused here.
I got two USB hubs on my laptop. I have a 4-port hub I plug into one of them.
When I plug my iPod or iPhone into the hub, it says it hasn't got enough power for it. It wants me to plug the 4-port in the socket for power, but there's none around. Does anyone know if it's possibly to route power to only 3 of the 4, or if possible, increase power to the hub, without using the power cord?
But my first reason for this topic, is that when I plug the iPod or iPhone in, a menu pops up with available USB ports. It shows the two I got, one with my Mighty Mouse, and one with the 4-port hub.
But it also shows two more, although I only got two.
I'm pretty sure my motherboard supports 4 hubs, is that the reason?
Cheers :)
I got two USB hubs on my laptop. I have a 4-port hub I plug into one of them.
When I plug my iPod or iPhone into the hub, it says it hasn't got enough power for it. It wants me to plug the 4-port in the socket for power, but there's none around. Does anyone know if it's possibly to route power to only 3 of the 4, or if possible, increase power to the hub, without using the power cord?
But my first reason for this topic, is that when I plug the iPod or iPhone in, a menu pops up with available USB ports. It shows the two I got, one with my Mighty Mouse, and one with the 4-port hub.
But it also shows two more, although I only got two.
I'm pretty sure my motherboard supports 4 hubs, is that the reason?
Cheers :)
