-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Method to test hub?
- From: "Grant Karpik" <gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:49:50 -0700
Can't remember if you told us so: Can you run, say, two items or three
at the same time before it stops working? I so, that might indicate a
power issue if it's only when you plug in 4 that it stops working
On 15 Jul 2002 at 14:38, Master NetLord wrote:
> Well, this is one of those situations where I tried to answer quickly
> and didn't choose my words correctly. In some documentation, bandwidth
> is used in place of power, probably because the computer supplies the
> power along with the bandwidth -- and when you exceed the designed
> amount of power, your equipment fails (as you said too). I think you
> and I are in violent agreement <chuckle>
>
> The situation here is I actually use four ports, the computer has only
> two ports. My logic says the computer will not deliver enough "power"
> to run the four pieces of equipment. The hub has a power supply, but I
> question if it's working because when I plug it in to the hub, the red
> light comes on, not the green light. One way to check this would be to
> put a volt meter across the tip of the connector for the power supply
> and see if it's delivering what it is supposed to. That's a project for
> tonight as my mother's refrigerator ice maker broke and flooded her
> kitchen.........now I'm a plumber, not an electrician <G>
>
> Regards from the
> "Keyboard Cowboy",
> Master NetLord
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