Too few USB ports

I use an iMac G5 with bluetooth keyboard and wifi trackball. Consequently there are only three USB ports available. I use a powered hub, but an increasingly large number of external items refuse to use the hub and insist on using the three iMac ports, one of which is taken up by the hub! As this is not a new problem I wondered if over the years people have discovered a way round, such as a hub which is not rejected by items such as my hp printer, fujitsu scan snap, or my new Seagate external hard drive. Alternatively has any software been written that would fool the products into thinking that the hub was one of the sockets on the iMac?

I use an Asante hub, which I have had for several years, it has no brick, just plugs straight into the wall. All my peripherals, including my printer, my EyeFi etc. etc. play perfectly well with it. It may be that your hub is failing, but on the face of it, there's no reason your peripherals shouldn't work, although there are some that specifically insist that you use the computer and not a hub. As long as they don't specify that, they should work. However, telling you that they should work isn't helpful. Try getting another hub, they aren't very expensive, and see if it works. If it doesn't, you can always return it.

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Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,2
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Number Of Processors: 1
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Marco,
Just to let you know you are not alone. I have a similar problem with my MacBook but the message does not seem to affect operation. It occurs when I plug in my USB speakers, but the speakers work just fine and the message does not reappear unless I unplug them and plug them in again. I chatted with a specialist at an Apple store and it was suggested that I make an appointment with a "genius". Because it does not appear to affect operation, I am inclined to wait and see if 10.6.2 changes this behavior.
bd

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Hi
does anyone know how to fix the message on my iMac:
"Because a USB device was drawing too much power from your computer, one or more of your USB devices have been disabled."
This is a brand new machine and did not have anything attached to the USB ports"
Thanks for any help

If you are getting that message on a brand new Mac with nothing connected to the USB ports, take it back. It is broken.

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Hi all, this is my first message in this forum.
I've got a DVD player that has a USB port and reads all types of disks. When I use my IPOD 80 GB the files I read are somehow frozen and don't run properly (lack of sync between audio and video, etc). I've got version 1.2.1 and use it in disk mode otherwise the player doesn’t see it. Meanwhile a friend of mine uses it's 60 Gb IPO on the same player, version 1.0 and it doesn't need to go to disk mode, and the player reads perfect from it. Is this a problem of the ipod software version?
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Patrick
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I'm confused, since Apple claims the shuffle will work on a USB 1.1 port using 10.2.8. (Transfers will obviously be slower.)
If your problem is that the ports accessible to you are low power, for which Apple's recommendation is a different operating system, I'd try a powered hub. The shuffle dock I'm familiar with is really an extension cable with a fancy end on it; to use it you'd want to make sure its male connector was plugged into a port which was providing enough power.
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srb

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My issue has been solved. The USB cable was bad. I am unsure how to remove my question from the forum ... sorry for taking up anyone's time.

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I have a brand new Macbook, just picked it up less than a week ago. I've been hooking up my 2nd gen iPod touch to it for a while without any problems, but suddenly I started to get an error message every time I plug it into my USB port:
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I recently found a external hard drive and accidentally forgot to switch the volt down on my power brick, and ended up with 24 volts charging up to my white macbook 2008. It immediately shut down and i could smell some smoke coming from the usb port where i plugged in my ext. HD. I pulled it out immediately and it saw no physical damage to the port. When i turned it on, i got this message
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A barcode scanner that was connected directly to the Mac's USB port stopped working as the "USB had too much power drawn", even though it has worked for over a year in that port. WHen we plugged it into the port on the keyboard, the device works. Why?

A barcode scanner that was connected directly to the Mac's USB port stopped working as the "USB had too much power drawn", even though it has worked for over a year in that port. When we plugged it into the port on the keyboard, the device works. Why? Obviously the device is operational. Could the USB port have burned out from having too much power drawn? If so, is it reparable?

It can't draw "too much" power, it can only draw as much as the USB port is able to provide and no more. IIRC, the keyboard port has a lower power output than the iMac's port.
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This is a common problem with USB ports. The only permanent solution is to create your own powered set of USB ports. You do that with a powered USB hub, any powered USB hub will do. You plug the hub into a wall outlet for power, and to the Mac for connectivity. All your USB devices can then be plugged into the hub without drawing any extra power from the Mac. Cameras, printers, scanners, keyboards, what ever are all plugged into the hub. You can have as many ports as you want!
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http://usb-hub-review.toptenreviews.com/

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I checked and it does not appear in the Applications folder.
I tried yesterday on an ethernet connection with a download speed of 2 Mbps but, unfortunately the connection died(It happened from the ISP end, which is out of my control) in between after which there was no trace of the download that happened for so long(till the internet connection death).
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