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USB HUBS
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Sandra wants to know about USB hubs
I had rec'd a gift from my sister and it is Philips PC Gear that you connect to your computer's USB port USB port and it gives you an extra 4 USB ports. Are they a good thing or a bad thing, I know I'm always looking for extra ports. But I wanted to ask you first before I even opened it. If you give the go ahead I will use it, if not I will return the item to where she purchased it at.

By the way, I have a great feeling in my stomach that this year is going to be a good one for you and donations are still very important. We subscribers and members still need to help TC & EB put back their savings for their rainy day that they spent that and more last year. Let's show TC & EB just how much they mean to us! hugs.

Our answer
Thanks for your nice comments. The year's not starting off as well as we'd hoped, but let's give it a chance - it's still very early in the year.

USB hubs are a great way to add more USB ports to a computer. If you have a lot USB devices - printers, scanners, monitors, external hard drives, flash drives, etc. - you might find you simply don't have enough USB ports to accommodate all the USB devices and accessories you have. Think of a USB hub as an extension cord for your USB ports. You can turn one port into four ports. If you need more than four extra ports, buy an additional 4-port hub.

The main two types of USB hubs are: unpowered and powered. An unpowered hub, (bus-powered), is one that draws power from the computer. A powered hub, (also called a self-powered hub) draws its power from an external power supply - in other words you plug it into a power strip, surge protector or wall socket.

We recommend you buy powered USB ports simply because you can use them with everything. Some devices that require a lot of power to run, like some scanners, some kinds of external hard drives, or devices that draw power from a USB port to recharge don't work well with unpowered (bus-powered) hubs - and some don't work at all. While unpowered hubs are cheaper, they can't be used with all types of USB devices whereas powered USB hubs can.

We hope this helps! Thanks again, Sandra.

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