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Keyboard & Mouse plugged into hub.
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scdean
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Nov 15, 2000, 12:13 PM
 
I read on another post that Cipher said its a bad idea to plug the keyboard & mouse into a hub. Better directly into the computer. Why?? I could see if it was not powered. I have my K&M plugged into a powered hub (actually a LaCie monitor) and get constant freezes but I have no choice. I must go through monitor because I use the Mac K&M with both a PC and my B&W G3 (8.6). Is there any way to stop these freezes i.e. 9.0.4?
     
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Nov 16, 2000, 12:27 AM
 
I really don't think it is a matter of software to fix problems associated with plugging in your keyboard/mouse into a USB port other than those on the system board. It all has to do with the different speeds at which USB can run (the high speed for drives [CD-ROM, hard disk, etc] and the low speed for keyboard/mouse like peripherals), and the bus topology differences stemming from using hubs, etc.

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