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Windows 7 - Good multiport USB Hub? |
12-13-2011
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Good multiport USB Hub?
My windows 7 computer is 2 years old. Everything works fine.
But USB ports in its tower are almost saturated. So I need a reliable multiport USB hub. I have a 10-year old Targus 4-port hub. It works for most applications but it does not work with Seagate portable drives (both V2 and v3). For use with portable drives, USB must be connect to a USB port on the tower,. This means that the Targu usb hub is weak. Could someone advise me reliable usb hubs which can use Seagate portable drives? Thanks.
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12-14-2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
You have not stated if the Targus hub is powered. You will need a powered hub & even many of them will not work with USB hard drives. I would like to know which one will work, too, as none of my WD USB portable drives will work through my "no name" USB hub. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP ProBook 4530s XU015UT#ABA
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU Intel Core i3-2310M
Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 167C
Memory 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2)
Sound Card Intel Cougar Point PCH High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6" LED LG Philips LP156WH4-TLD1
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Mouse Logitech M315
Case Notebook
Hard Drives WDC WD3200BEKT-60PVMT0
Internet Speed 12Mbps/2Mbps
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12-14-2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1 |
I bought a cheap 6 port powered usb hub on ebay for about £6. Its great! Works with everything I plug in even multiple hard drives. Mines also on a 5mt extension lead which would normally limit its performance. Its made or distributed by safecom
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by badgers!!!
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1
CPU Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard Asus P8z68
Memory Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz
Graphics Card XFX Ati HD6950 2Gb
Sound Card Mobo Optical to Yamaha Rx-V667 7.2 home cinema system
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LED 32" TV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Saitek Cyborg V7
Mouse Saitek R.A.T 9
PSU Corsair HX650w Modular
Case NZXT Phantom White
Cooling Corsair H60 Push/Pull
Hard Drives 120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD
Internet Speed Too slow!
Other Info AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD
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12-14-2011
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 |
I have a Trust 10 port powered USB hub which is currently running 3 USB HDD, 1 printer, 2 pendrives a digital TV stick and an external DVD drive. No problems in the last 6 months apart from a dodgy pendrive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1425
Memory 8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Builtin
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Mouse Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
Hard Drives 250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
1TB Iomega NAS.
Internet Speed 10mbs
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12-14-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by hummer7  My windows 7 computer is 2 years old. Everything works fine.
But USB ports in its tower are almost saturated. So I need a reliable multiport USB hub. I have a 10-year old Targus 4-port hub. It works for most applications but it does not work with Seagate portable drives (both V2 and v3). For use with portable drives, USB must be connect to a USB port on the tower,. This means that the Targu usb hub is weak. Could someone advise me reliable usb hubs which can use Seagate portable drives? Thanks. What do you mean saturated? Are you running out of ports or bandwidth? If bandwidth, a Hub won't help unless you are under utilizing one of the ports on your computer. Sounds like for the drive issue, you need a powered USB Hub - has nothing to do with the Hub being "weak" - only in the sense it doesn't supply enough power to the device.
Last edited by GeneO; 12-14-2011 at 08:47 PM..
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 2
OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1
CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.256V 120 GFlop (with AVX)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24
Graphics Card Asus Nvidia ENGTS450, 1GB 4030 MHz DDR5 clock, 915 Mhz GPU
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HP Wireless
Mouse HP wireless
PSU Antec TruePower New 650W
Case Fractal Design "Define R3"
Cooling CM Hyper 212+ push/pull, 5 120mm, 1 140mm case fans
Hard Drives Crucial 128GB M4 (system), 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x Seagate 750G Barracuda Internal (backups), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 320GB Internal, 1x Corsair F40 SSD for cache, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte
Internet Speed 25.7 Mb/s down, 4.5 Mb/s up
Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.4, Disk 7.9
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12-14-2011
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Trendnet seem pretty good. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 2
OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1
CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.256V 120 GFlop (with AVX)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24
Graphics Card Asus Nvidia ENGTS450, 1GB 4030 MHz DDR5 clock, 915 Mhz GPU
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HP Wireless
Mouse HP wireless
PSU Antec TruePower New 650W
Case Fractal Design "Define R3"
Cooling CM Hyper 212+ push/pull, 5 120mm, 1 140mm case fans
Hard Drives Crucial 128GB M4 (system), 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x Seagate 750G Barracuda Internal (backups), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 320GB Internal, 1x Corsair F40 SSD for cache, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte
Internet Speed 25.7 Mb/s down, 4.5 Mb/s up
Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.4, Disk 7.9
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12-14-2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 |
I would go with Belkin
I have a powered Belkin Hub but , I don't use the power adapter it works fine without it
I havn't had any issue's and it's been atleast 4 years strong | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me Bulldozer series Generation FX
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1
CPU BullDozer 8120-30p Oc'ed BE 4.5Ghz 1.44 V-core
Motherboard MSI 990FXA-GD80
Memory 8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance Ram 1600mhz-Oc'ed 1760 Mhz
Graphics Card Radeon Diamond Hd 6870 1gb Msi Twin frozer Hd6870 1gb X-fire
Sound Card THX tru souround sound audio
Monitor(s) Displays 22" envision 1050dp hdmi 37in vizio hdmi dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1680x1050 22"- 1920x1080 37"
Keyboard Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse Logitech wireless mouse
PSU AX850w Corsair Gold 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case 2-CoolerMaster Elite 371 Yes same case for 2 different Pc's
Cooling Antec 620 Water cooling system and 4 120 mm LED fans
Hard Drives Corsair 80 Gb SSD Seagate baracuda 500 Gb WD Mybook 500Gb
Internet Speed Cable 20+ mb
Other Info I have 2 systems Bulldozer AM3+ 8120-30P Oc'ed 4.5Ghz AM2+ 925 deneb 2.8 to 3.2 Ghz Both stable Both Gaming Rigs Diamond/MSI HD 6870 1Gb X-fire and Diamond HD5770 1Gb Also Hp Notebook 1.65 ghz Dual core amd E-450 8gb Patriot Ram DDR3 Discrete Gpu Hd6320 dedicated ram 1973 mb 15.5 screen
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12-15-2011
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Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit/Window 7 VM |
I can second the opinion on Belkin. I have their non-powered 4 port hub which seems to be working fine for my keyboard, mouse, an external powered usb drive (has it's own psu though) - but as soon as I plug in my USB Wifi on the hub - everything shuts off BUT that isn't a surprise as it's a non-powered usb hub for $9 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit/Window 7 VM
CPU Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz
Motherboard ECS g31 mATX
Memory 4 GB Kingston ValueRAM (DDR2 800)
Graphics Card nVidia 240 GT
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" Dell LCD
Keyboard Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Mouse Laser Mouse (Logitech)
PSU Antec 430 Watt
Case Coolermaster
Hard Drives 500 GB Seagate Drive x 2
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