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[Zeptari1]

My 360 area is starting to look ugly, too many wire's up front. I tried a cheap radio shack usb 4port hub. It didn't work with my usb keyboard or my vision camera. I didn't try guitar hero with it yet. too many usb items...

Question: which usb hub should i buy that work with all the items above?

-rick

[Zeptari1]

Zeptari1, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 5:33 PM, said:

My 360 area is starting to look ugly, too many wire's up front. I tried a cheap radio shack usb 4port hub. It didn't work with my usb keyboard or my vision camera. I didn't try guitar hero with it yet. too many usb items...

Question: which usb hub should i buy that work with all the items above?

-rick

anyone?

I'd like to plug everything in the back of the 360.

keep the front nice and clean.

[Lord Helmet]

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

[Zeptari1]

Lord Helmet, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 9:26 PM, said:

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

maybe the members of this forum can post what usb hubs they tried.
and we can post them here in a list.

here's the one i tried:

Radio Shack Cat. No: 26-139
illuminations Mini USB 4-Port 1.1 Hub


reading that now for the first time, i see that it's only a 1.1....

I bet the 360 needs a 2.0 usb hub, Am i right? would that make a difference?

-rick

[JB]

Zeptari1, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 8:36 PM, said:

Lord Helmet, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 9:26 PM, said:

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

maybe the members of this forum can post what usb hubs they tried.
and we can post them here in a list.

here's the one i tried:

Radio Shack Cat. No: 26-139
illuminations Mini USB 4-Port 1.1 Hub


reading that now for the first time, i see that it's only a 1.1....

I bet the 360 needs a 2.0 usb hub, Am i right? would that make a difference?

-rick

It shouldn't.


Keyboards are USB1 peripherals. Always.
While the 360 controllers MIGHT be USB2, there's no sane reason to do it. They don't need even a fraction of the additional bandwidth. I'd bet they're USB1 as well.

[Zeptari1]

JB, on Sun Jan 6, 2008 3:51 AM, said:

Zeptari1, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 8:36 PM, said:

Lord Helmet, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 9:26 PM, said:

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

maybe the members of this forum can post what usb hubs they tried.
and we can post them here in a list.

here's the one i tried:

Radio Shack Cat. No: 26-139
illuminations Mini USB 4-Port 1.1 Hub


reading that now for the first time, i see that it's only a 1.1....

I bet the 360 needs a 2.0 usb hub, Am i right? would that make a difference?

-rick

It shouldn't.


Keyboards are USB1 peripherals. Always.
While the 360 controllers MIGHT be USB2, there's no sane reason to do it. They don't need even a fraction of the additional bandwidth. I'd bet they're USB1 as well.

Anyone else have any idea's? What works for you? please included links...

-rick

[Lord Helmet]

Zeptari1, on Mon Jan 7, 2008 3:00 PM, said:

JB, on Sun Jan 6, 2008 3:51 AM, said:

Zeptari1, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 8:36 PM, said:

Lord Helmet, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 9:26 PM, said:

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

maybe the members of this forum can post what usb hubs they tried.
and we can post them here in a list.

here's the one i tried:

Radio Shack Cat. No: 26-139
illuminations Mini USB 4-Port 1.1 Hub


reading that now for the first time, i see that it's only a 1.1....

I bet the 360 needs a 2.0 usb hub, Am i right? would that make a difference?

-rick

It shouldn't.


Keyboards are USB1 peripherals. Always.
While the 360 controllers MIGHT be USB2, there's no sane reason to do it. They don't need even a fraction of the additional bandwidth. I'd bet they're USB1 as well.

Anyone else have any idea's? What works for you? please included links...

-rick

If I have time this evening I'll try plugging in a usb hard drive and a couple of controllers to the one from rock band. I'm almost certain that it will work, since it works with all of the insturments plugged in.

It looks like this:

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[Zeptari1]

Lord Helmet, on Mon Jan 7, 2008 4:03 PM, said:

Zeptari1, on Mon Jan 7, 2008 3:00 PM, said:

JB, on Sun Jan 6, 2008 3:51 AM, said:

Zeptari1, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 8:36 PM, said:

Lord Helmet, on Sat Jan 5, 2008 9:26 PM, said:

I know that the powered one that comes with Rock Band works for multiple peripherals. You might just need a powered USB hub. I was thinking of adding an additional 500gb hard drive to mine off of a hub (I already have one full of movies). If you find one that works, please let me know.

maybe the members of this forum can post what usb hubs they tried.
and we can post them here in a list.

here's the one i tried:

Radio Shack Cat. No: 26-139
illuminations Mini USB 4-Port 1.1 Hub


reading that now for the first time, i see that it's only a 1.1....

I bet the 360 needs a 2.0 usb hub, Am i right? would that make a difference?

-rick

It shouldn't.


Keyboards are USB1 peripherals. Always.
While the 360 controllers MIGHT be USB2, there's no sane reason to do it. They don't need even a fraction of the additional bandwidth. I'd bet they're USB1 as well.

Anyone else have any idea's? What works for you? please included links...

-rick

If I have time this evening I'll try plugging in a usb hard drive and a couple of controllers to the one from rock band. I'm almost certain that it will work, since it works with all of the insturments plugged in.

It looks like this:

That would be great! I wonder why it needs it's own power supply? Do most usb hub's have that?

I soon as i find one that works with all my stuff ( GH, keyboard,vision camera)i'm getting it!

Just found this.
http://www.nyko.com/.../products/?i=78

anyone here own it? how about a review?

-rick

Edited by Zeptari1, Mon Jan 7, 2008 4:31 PM.

[JB]

Zeptari1, on Mon Jan 7, 2008 4:26 PM, said:

That would be great! I wonder why it needs it's own power supply? Do most usb hub's have that?

There's 2 classes of hub in the USB spec, powered and unpowered.

Powered hubs are better because, when connected to the wall, they can support more curent draw than the USB host device can supply.

[Lord Helmet]

I haven't had a chance to test the RB usb hub yet...I may not have the time til this weekend...

[Zeptari1]

Lord Helmet, on Tue Jan 8, 2008 9:59 AM, said:

I haven't had a chance to test the RB usb hub yet...I may not have the time til this weekend...

Any luck?


-rick

[Lord Helmet]

Life has been getting in the way of all my fun recently. I'll get to it this week. I won't have time tonight because I have class, but maybe tomorrow...

Edited by Lord Helmet, Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:08 AM.