USB 3 Hub question

I have a iMac on 10.7.5 and I have a NEW mac mini Core i7. I have a external WD hard drive in which I use for all my art files. I'm wanting to be able to access the external from BOTH computers. I'm thinking about a USB 3. Is there any thing ya'll would recommend orther then that? or maybe a brand? It will have to atleast hold 3 to 4 USB plugs.

I use a NAS. I have a D-Link DNS-323 on my network with 2 - 1TB drives in it. Works great and any computer on the network can see it. I am sure they have better models now as I got mine over a year ago!

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MacBookPro - USB devices/HUB question... thank you

I am a new Mac user... and I love it so far. I have the new MacBook Pro and purchased the Airport Express and a Belkin USB hub along with it. I have the USB hub connected to a USB port in my computer (and a few externals connected to that: mouse, external LaCie hard drive, etc.). My question is, when I want to go wireless and move the computer to a different location... how do I safely/properly disconnect the USB Hub? If I just pull it out (gently, of course) I get a window popup that says something along the lines of "device was not properly/safely disconnected... etc." I don't want to cause any short or long-term damage. I just want to know the proper way to disconnect USB devices (hubs, mouse, external hard drive, etc.) before using the wireless feature of the notebook.
Thanks!

Bob,
You're awesome, thanks! I tried that (pulled the external HD icon to the trash) then pulled out the USB from the Macbook and didn't get that "warning" box! I am currently only using two peripherals in my hub (a printer and the LaCie hard drive)... will I only need to do this "eject" thing for the external HDs? Or are there any other peripherals (I might use in future) that I will need to do this for as well?
Thank you again!!
M.

New Keyboard (usb hub question)

Aloha, before I buy the new keyboard, I would like someone with real world experience to tell me that the usb 2 hubs on the keyboard actually work, or is that just an Apple marketing ploy ? Will plugging in an iPod, or some other "power hungry" device really work? Mahalo in advance for any facts, info. JB

The webpage for the new keyboards contains the following regarding the wired keyboard:
"Two USB 2.0 ports provide high-speed connectivity for your iPod, Mighty Mouse, digital camera, and other USB-based electronic devices. Yes, we did think of everything."
I'm not sure what to make of this. I have a small external hardrive that worked initially with the keyboard ports, but it no longer works. The ports on a replacement keyboard that I received do not work either. The folks at Apple Care seem to think that many of these devices will not work with the keyboard, but they also seem to be surprised when I point out what the website says. It does sound like the marketing department needs to talk with the tech folks.
I'll try it with my wife's ipod, but it seems like the keyboards are not functioning they way they have been advertised to work.

Powered or unpowered USB 2.0 Hub question.

Do I need a powered USB 2.0 Hub? All I can find in stores are powered USB Hubs or mini hubs for labtops with a very short cable. I need one for my G5, but don't want the extra cable (ac power)if I don't need it. Have enough cables cluttering up place. One store told me they don't stock the unpowered hubs any longer because people return them asking for the powered hubs.

Can you plug a Belkin unpowered hub into a Belkin powered hub? Would the second hub then draw power from the first?
Basically, can you daisy chain USB hubs?
We have a small office and we use 4 printers, a scanner and two backup firewire drives. We have an Airport extreme plugged into our main Mac, and the powered USB Belkin hub pluged into the Airport Extreme. Trouble is we're expanding and will need two more USB ports and one Firewire. So we're wondering if we got the Belkiin 6 port combo USB Firewire hub, (which is unpowered), would it draw power from the first Belkin powered hub?
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Audigy 2NX USB Root Hub Prob

Hopefully someone here will have some suggestions to help resolve my issue.
I have fi've USB Root Hubs on my computer; the USB system is 2.0
Only two of those hubs are in use. One hosts my Canon scanner.
The other hosts every other USB device on my system.
That in itself is an issue, but because not all of my USB devices are in use simultaneously, it hasn't previously been an issue.
Now, however, it has become one.
Both my Audigy 2NX and a four-port self-powered USB 2.0 hub are on one USB Root Hub. The four port hub has my two printers connected to it.
The issue is that when I use my laserjet printer, it disables the Audigy 2NX. The Audigy normally comes back up after the printer has gone back into sleep mode.
However, if I am playing a game when the printer is used (I share it on a wireless home network) it disables the Audigy and it can only be brought back up by restarting the computer.
I think it is one of two issues;
. The four port hub with the printers on it cannot share a root hub with the Audigy 2NX; when the laserjet comes out of sleep mode, it uses all of the bandwidth on that root hub and disconnects the Audigy.
2. A recent driver update to the Audigy is conflicting somehow with the printer.
I might also be tempted to think it was a power supply issue if I didn't have a robust 650 watt PSU on my system.
To try to get the two devices on separate root hubs, I turned off my computer and disconnected all of my USB devices. Then I connected one at a time, powering down in between connections.
The device assignment remained the same.
My next step is to uninstall the Audigy 2NX completely from my system, and then re-install from the base drivers.
My question is; does anyone know how to force devices to install to a specific and/or different root hub outside of their physical connection? An .ini edit or perhaps a driver edit's
Thanks in advance for any help.

I have an Audigy 2 NX myself, and I found it works best off of a direct root usb port (not off a hub). The problem is that on most computers 2 USB ports share hub. Which is why you are having that comflict.
My conflict doesn't happen there, it was on the mouse at first, now it's on an external IDE Adapter i'm using.
All I do is unplug the IDE adaptor when it stops working, waiting a few seconds, then plugging it back in.
So what I suggest is to do like I did, and switch what ports things are plugged into until it's something that can plug & unplug with no real issues.
Why this happens, in opinion, is that there just isn't enough power getting to all the usb ports when there's alot of stuff plugged into them. My limit seems to be 7 items, even though most of them are lower power stuff, mouse, joysticks. I do have a 3.5" hd in a case, which is self powered, and the ide adaptor which is self powered, and the audigy 2 nx, which is, as you know, self powered. I can plug another item in, but anymore after that will knock my ide adaptor. and i still have usb ports i'm not even using. oh, the joysticks are on a hub which is where I usually plug another item in, either my mp3 player or thumbdri've.
I think it most likely an electric problem, and that it only affects people with faulty usb componets or something. I haven't heard of it being widespread or specific chipset/usb controller problem. Can't think of anything else it could be, but i'm not an electrition.
Sorry i could be of much help, but maybe you can at least make it less of a bother to deal with.
good luck

USB-C Hub/Dongle issues with new MacBook early 2015

With the new MacBook that has the single USB-C port I find these results and would appreciate any comments:
I purchased an Apple dongle that has 3 ports: USB-3, HTMI and USB-C. I also got a new Belkin 'USB-# / USB-C" 32 gb Flash Drive.
With this dongle (hub?) I can utilize a USB flash drive or USB 500 gb HD via the USB port while charging the MB
I can use the new Belkin USB-C/USB-3 flash drive in the USB port while charging, too
BUT if I remove the charger and just plug-in the Belkin Flash Drive on the USB-C side to the USB-C port on the Apple Hub -- NOTHING NOTE: The Belkin 2-size Flash drive works fine in USB-C mode if DIRECTLY connected to the MB
I also purchased a Belkin USB-3 3-port hub with 1 more port - an Ethernet port. (Note: This is an UNpowered hub - no transformer, power comes from the Mac)
This works great if all 1, 2 or 3 USB ports are being used with Flash drives of 500 mb to 64 gb in size.
But if I plug-in a SLIM 500 gb USB-3 HD (not an SSD) - then if there are any flash drives in the other ports, they immediately lose power and are "ejected" - and I get a warning message. So it seems to use a true HD with a USB Hub it will have to be a powered hub. (I returned the other for full credit and have not yet purchased a powered hub because frankly, I want something portable - so don't plan to do that experiment myself)
So would this hub have worked with a MacBook Pro or iMac? Is it just that the new MB-2015 model doesn't supply enough power? (Maybe, I think - but not so sure).
Same result with a 4-port Targus USB-2 hub I use on my MBP-2010. I'll test that on the MBP with the 500 gb HD tonight.
OK so just wondering if there is anyone out there with similar experience(s) using either the new MBP or in general with HD's and Flash Drives utilizing powered and unpowered USB Hubs. And the first question about why the Belkin Flash works from the USB-3 side but not the USB-C WHEN UTILIZING THE APPLE HUB/Dongle. (The Belkin 2-size Flash drive works fine in USB-C mode if DIRECTLY connected to the MB).
Thanks very much.
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Monday 4 May 2015

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Which usb 3 hub recommended for desktop?

which is the best usb 3 hub recommended for desktop?

Juan Z wrote:
I have a Sonnet PCi USB3 card for my MacPro, and a Sonnet USB3 Express Card 34 for my MacBookPro, and they work properly on Lion 10.7.4. However, when I use a powered four-plug USB 3 hub, the card reader that worked directly to the Sonnet cards, now is not detected when used through the hub. I think that what I need is a Hub Driver that works with Lion 10.7.4...
I would suggest contacting Sonnet directly with that question. I spent over a year with their PCIe card trying to get it to work reliably in two Mac Pro's with 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 and never succeeded because of the drivers, which are really modified LaCie drivers. Switching to a CalDigit card solved the problem. I don't use hubs so I don't know if the CalDigit would work with them, but I suspect that adding a USB 3.0 hub to the mix would only make shaky (in my experience at least) drivers even shakier.

USB 2 hub only works on USB 3.0 ports

I have a USB 2.0 hub manufactured by Plugable (part number USB2-HUB-AG7) that I am trying to use with my
HP DV6t-6b00 laptop. The hub and all devices works normally with the USB 3.0 ports but does't work at all with the USB 2.0 ports. This behavior happens even when no devices are plugged into the hub. The hub also works normally in other my other computers (a HP 6910 laptop and a Dell desktop).
Has anyone seen this occur before? I would like to use the the hub but don't want to lose a USB 3 port to plug in a USB 2 hub.

I understand that USB devices do not work in the USB 2.0 ports.
What happens when USB devices are used in the 2.0 ports? Does Windows behave as if it has detected them or does it give an error message?
Do devices work in the 2.0 ports without going through the USB hub?
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USB 3.0 host controller and USB Root Hub xHCI not showing up on Windows 8.1 laptop

Greetings and thank you for taking the time to read the following message and 'maybe' attempt to help me with my current plight...
I have an HP envy m6 laptop running Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. The problem i am facing at current is that i have only 1 out of 4 usb ports working on my Windows 8.1 partition however on my Server 2012 partition, all four ports are working fine. After asking
around i have come to the conclusion that i'm having a driver issue. I compared what was present on the Windows 7 USB controllers (in Device Manager) to what was present on the Windows 8.1 controllers and i found that my Intel(R) USB 3.0 extensible host controller
- 0100 (Microsoft) and my USB Root Hub (xHCI) was missing on my Windows 8.1 partition.
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Windows 8 has native USB 3.0 drivers which explains why you are not seeing an option to roll back. I do not believe you can make the Windows 7 driver work. Have you tried uninstalling in the device manager all usb items and then rebooting to let the drivers reload? Do that with the computer off the dock and then plug it into the dock. As a general rule you should not do driver updates to a laptop through a docking station.

Satellite P750 - Shutdown issue after removal of external monitor USB 3 hub

Have operated my Satellite P750 laptop with external DeII monitor for a year or more now.
Monitor has a Usb 3 hub. (i have some ext HDD plugged into these. So far no issues. I unplugged the monitor usb hub from laptop (to create wndows image backup straight through the sole usb3 port on laptop.
After this finished i found that i was unable to shutdown or restart laptop. It gets to the light blue 'shutting down' screen; HDD light flashes for 5/10 secs then it stops accessing disk with power still on and stuck at blue shutdown screen; laptop even sounds like it shuts down.
Two things, i can hold down power button till hard stop, then press again to restart, and all is fine; no error messages when win 7 start up again. Or i have once just left it sitting without holding power button- it seemed to be like this for about 4 hours (monitor went to standby cause idle) before powers down.. When i start laptop after this i get windows warning failed to shut down properly.
It took me a while to work out which device was causing the issue; but can now replicate any time.
So - unplug monitor usb hub from laptop; laptop fails to shut down/restart.
Replug DeII usb hub back to laptop; no problem laptop back to normal shut down.
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To be honest I dont know why the system cannot shut down properly without connected USB monitor hub but system shut down issues are mostly related to some processes which are running in the background.
Sometimes such processes are locked and could not be closed due to different reasons. This may prevent the system from shut down
Maybe this is the case
Try to clean the system as well as the registry using CCleaner (its freeware tool).
You should also check what processes are running in the background maybe one of this processes is related to the hub which cause your shut down problem

I have purchased new iphone 3gs, its usb cable and charger not working.When I plugged in usb cable to my laptop it says"usb power hub exceeded". When I use another cable I have, it works fine.But the original one not working.Any help?

I have purchased new iphone 3gs, its usb cable and charger not working.When I plugged in usb cable to my laptop it says"usb power hub exceeded". When I use another cable I have, it works fine.But the original one not working.Any help?

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Macbook Pro OS 10.6.8 will not recognize IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub

My IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub is not being recognized by my MacBook Pro. I have changed usb ports and cables and still no luck.
I have another unpowered Belkin hub that it sees, but not the IOGEAR. I bought the IOGEAR based on Mac forum recommendations.

My IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub is not being recognized by my MacBook Pro. I have changed usb ports and cables and still no luck.
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Belkin MacMini 6 Port USB/Firewire Hub F5U507

Does anyone have the Belkin F5U507 6 Port MacMini USB/Firewire Hub?
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It does look nice, matching up to the Mini, but I don't want it to be a case of more form than substance.
Any recommendations?
Thanks.

Well, this may be an "oopsie" for me then. I just purchased this hub a couple of days ago from the Apple store (my powered Belkin hub - the lozenge-shaped one - just failed).
I was wondering how they got around the fan-out issue with the new hub being unpowered. Well, I have time to cancel the order.

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Has anybody found a reliable USB 3 hub?
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Larry

mini201200 wrote:
Data corruption due to power can effect ide, sata, SCSI, SAS include disk in raid storage device, internal raid devices, JOBS and many more conbinations not just USB Hub attached devices.
If the industry agreed with never using external hubs for hard drives they would elimate them from there montherboard designs altogether.
Faulty logic and a wrong premise. Thats like saying "you can get hurt in a car accident with or without a seatbelt, so it doesnt matter"
USB hubs are error-fault multipliers.
To give an analogy you might understand,......your stuff can get lost in the mail on its way to its destination, ..........using a USB hub is like giving your mail to a drunk homeless stranger to carry to the post office first.
mini201200 wrote:Unless you have a really old USB board Motherboards have USB hubs,
Thats a faulty comparison to a cheap (they all are) error-multiplier external USB hub.

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