demonblade
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Ok, So lets start from the top. My old rig I retired had USB hub issues, and when I used a USB hub expander all heck broke loose and devices would continuely fail. So After much fustration I declared this PC dead.
I got a new one, not even a month old in my hands, but it was built around oh I say 4 or 3 years ago, and yet again every freaking USB port fails, but get this, if its a External HDD or "Microsoft based" product, the device will work.
Well this just isn't going to work, so I put my old PC back to work as an over sized printer server.
Ok so now for the real question. Is USB really that bad? Or am I plugging in so many devices that I'm unintentionally shorting out hubs?
And am I better off buying myself a good USB PCI Card verses trying to fight with those external USB hub expanders?
Thanks
I got a new one, not even a month old in my hands, but it was built around oh I say 4 or 3 years ago, and yet again every freaking USB port fails, but get this, if its a External HDD or "Microsoft based" product, the device will work.
Well this just isn't going to work, so I put my old PC back to work as an over sized printer server.
Ok so now for the real question. Is USB really that bad? Or am I plugging in so many devices that I'm unintentionally shorting out hubs?
And am I better off buying myself a good USB PCI Card verses trying to fight with those external USB hub expanders?
Thanks