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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: porgo on Tue, 20 September 2011, 07:01:09
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My Filco with browns starts flashing the leds when I stick it to my close USB hub (active so the power shouldn't be an issue). The OS gets the board only to disconnect it immediately. It then loops until I unplug it. When plugged bypassing the hub, things work as expected.
Is there something I can do to this? Every gadget that accepts the hub is one less cord to run over the room (my PC is a few feet away in the closet).
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Different hub? I had to switch hubs when I got my Filco, but it turns out the hub I was using was crapping out anyhow. The hub was very hot when I had it plugged in and a quick file transfer test showed that it wasn't just keyboards that it didn't like. Data rates were very slow from all the re-transmits going on. The keyboard symptom was random extra key strokes while typing.
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or plug your keyboard straight into the PC and your other devices into the hub.
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Different hub? I had to switch hubs when I got my Filco, but it turns out the hub I was using was crapping out anyhow. The hub was very hot when I had it plugged in and a quick file transfer test showed that it wasn't just keyboards that it didn't like. Data rates were very slow from all the re-transmits going on. The keyboard symptom was random extra key strokes while typing.
Yeah, I'd have tried if I had an extra one. The hub is a cheapo "i-rocks" but it works well with the other USB equipment.
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Hubs will occasionally lead to weird issues. I had a hub that would always BSOD the computer if I plug a WiFi adapter into it.