I think you may be right about the hub. However, I never attach my camera directly to any outlet. I remove the storage card and insert it into a reader . . . it is much, much faster to download. Jake > Hi Ron, > I'm not sure you are right. > I was reading my camera manual last night and it says: > Use the interface cable to attach the camera directly to a USB port on the > computer, not through a USB hub. The connection may not operate correctly > through a USB hub. > > I've found this with a friend's external CD writer. It worked when > attached > directly to the computer but not when attached to the hub she had. Other > devices like scanner worked perfectly through the hub. > > I can't recall where but I've also recently read that if a device wasn't > being recognised properly on one USB port, using another often caused it > to > be recognised. > > Just my experience and reading. I don't understand why. > > Cathy > > At 04:26 9/03/2005, Ronald Boyd wrote: > >>Donna, >> >>There must be something else in the mix. >> >>The USB ports on the front of a computer are simply a hub - an unpowered >> one >>at that -- connected to the USB Card by a cable similar to the one that >> you >>have connected to your printer. Granted the signal starts out powered (as >>are the other 2/4 (external) ports on the Card) but that power is lost as >>soon as it is connected to the hub. (These ports are actually designed to >> be >>used with low/no power consuming devices like a mouse or a keyboard.) >> >>Therefore, if you are lucky enough to have a device that works on an >>unpowered USB port, it should work even better (or, at least, no worse) >> from >>a powered outlet... either at the rear of the computer or at a separate >>powered hub. >> >>Ron > > > ==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] or > [email protected] with the single word SUBSCRIBE or > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Jake, A "reader" being the faster method of file transfer is generally the case. However, it has more to do with the difference in the transfer speeds between USB v1.1 and v2.0. The camera and your "reader" are each nothing more than an external drive -- as far as your computer is concerned. For what its worth, I, too, remove the disk from the camera to transfer the files. This is because my drive is always attached to the computer and I don't have to go through the hassle of stringing a cable to connect the camera. One caution with using a "reader" to transfer the files: Make sure that you use the camera to format the disk afterwards. Do not format the disk with your computer. Most (but not all) cameras are very finicky about this. Ron -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SP] Re: Scanner Reinstalling Problems I think you may be right about the hub. However, I never attach my camera directly to any outlet. I remove the storage card and insert it into a reader . . . it is much, much faster to download. Jake <Snip>