The only reason I use it is for the convienience of having the usb ports right in front of me. what do you think of a USB device that goes into a drive bay and makes access accessible from the front of the computer?

Joe

: Why use a hub at all? They cannot handle most new USB devices anyway. Frankly, the D-Link hub is a real stinker. It is over-represented here.

: I would return or dump the hub for a PCI USB adapter card. USB 2.0 cards are available from Adaptec, ADS, Belkin, Orange Micro, Siig and others. You can also benefit from a "simple" Quadrabus adapter from ADS, Belkin or Siig. CompUSA sells them too.

: Bill

: : D-link 4-port USB hub. Set to self-poered mode. When I push my power on button for the computer, nothin happens. When I unplug teh USB hub from the computer, the computer powers on just fine. I plug the hub back into the computer and everything still fine.

: : If I have the hub set to bus-powered, the computer poweres on just fine.

: : What makes this computer not want to power on witha self powered USB hub? Is there a fix? It's just annoying to have to keep unplugginh it everytime i power on. Thanx in advance for your reply.

: : mobo: gigabyte GA-7DXR, bios ver. F7
: : cpu: AMD 1.4 (not oc'd)
: : os: winME
: : usb ver: 1.1
: : D-link hub is USB ver. 1.1
: : PSU: 340 watt (plenty of power to spare)

: : 2 case fans running.

: : joe