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Belkin USB Hubs
Authored by: bedouin on Apr 03, '03 03:51:13PM

Anyone else have a Belkin 4-port USB hub? I've been using it for months now, and although it works with no problems, all of its indicator lights for each port stay lit, even if there's no device attached to the port. Not really an issue, but still kind of weird. I'm pretty sure it does the same thing in OS 9 as well.



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Belkin USB Hubs
Authored by: WillyT on Apr 03, '03 10:55:19PM

Belkin 4-port powered running a Fastlane and a TI floppy.
Yes all lights lit.

Had some install probs a long time ago. So of course disconnected everything. Once booted plugged it all in and left it plugged in. Rebooted for next install and all ok.

Oh and I have an I/OGear 4(5) port USB pci 2.0 card which I did not remove.



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Belkin USB Hubs (not really a 10.2 issue)
Authored by: knowmad on Apr 08, '03 11:53:29PM

I have had two computers recently have problems with belkin hubs. Both times the specific problem was that the mouse would stop working. Keyboard worked fine, mouse simply did not responed (though the optical light would dim and brighten with use and disuse as per normal, the mouse icon did not move no matter what) the fix turned out to be removing the belkin 4 port hub and rebooting. I spent a whole workday testing it because I could not believe that could be the problem, but it turned out to be true.
just to be thourough, the mouse and keyboard (mouse plugged into keyboard) were plugged directly into the mac on one machine and into the hub ont he other. I tried updated software for the other preiphrals, I tried several diffarent chain orders for the USB chain, including mouse directly into machine, mouser and keyboard into hub together and seprate, and for the sheer fun of it, two hubs with he devices spread among them. The problem returned within twenty minutes in all instrances where a hub was plugged in.
The OS, BTW was 10.2.3, but the problem only showed up in classic or when loaded in 9.2.2 so i think its a classic/9 issue not really a 10.2 issue.



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