ShrodingersCat SG u know.. those.. thing. that u fit into ur USB port.. then it will 'adapt' and give u addition 3-4 USB ports?? Hmm need driver to detect or not ha?? dont know why mine plug in liao cannot use leh....
ndmmxiaomayi SG If it is using USB, it will immediately detect the device. If it is not, you probably have not plugged it in properly.
ShrodingersCat SG ya ya USB hubs.. dont know leh.. I'm using Windows XP... how to enable my plug and play hahhh... another thing is hor.. i realise the hub i buy is USB 2.0... dont know why the.. USB in my computer is 2.0 or not... mebbe too slow to detect??
kaobeikaobu SG try it on another machine if u ve one. check ur devices in device manager to check for any sign ensure ur plug n play service is up and running do a hardware detect through add-hardware icon in control panel if all above fail, get an exchange
ndmmxiaomayi SG Plug and Play is enabled by default. If it isn't, go through these steps: Go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools. Double click on Component Services. Go to Services (Local) and select Plug and Play. Make sure the Startup type is Automatic. If it isn't, right click, and select Properties. In the General tab, find Startup type and select Automatic. Regarding your second question, USB 2.0 is faster than USB 1.0 or 1.1. If you are using either USB 1.0 or 1.1, it would show this prompt:
ShrodingersCat SG eghh thanks thanks actually after i tried all these i realise the HUB can detect my printer USB port but can't detect my external har ddisk and thumb drive one.... why hahhhh
meltz SG is yr pc usb version older than yr hdd and hub usb ??? if pc port is usb 1 .. sometimes it wont work with device with usb 2
gohkatkat SG your hardware.....i mean the motherboard must have the USB port hub program updated..........when you plug the hardware components into this usb hub......it should be able to detect......if it does not detect the hardware.......then something is wrong.....
ShrodingersCat SG thing is.. if i plug my hard disk DIRECT into the USB port of the computer.. it works If i plug it to the USB HUB it doesnt work But my printer workd when plug into USB hub... -blink blink- so issit mebbe my hard disk is 1.0 and my USB HUB is 2.0.. mebbe tts why?!
ndmmxiaomayi SG You need to install the drivers that come with the hard disk and thumb drive, and yes, some companies which produce them are very ma fan. And depending on how old the PC is, USB ports may not be shared. That is, once that USB port is being used for something, no matter what you do, you probably won't get it to start.
ndmmxiaomayi SG Are you using a card for extra USB ports? If yes, make sure the card is plugged in properly. If your hard disk uses USB 1.0, and your USB hub is USB 2.0, it should still work as USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.0
