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On 2013-12-28, philo  <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

> If your USB port is flaky, a powered hub will not help.

Perhaps you have more than one.  My Vaio towers have USB connectors in
the front AND the back.  The front one's were wimpy and fell apart
quickly.  I now use a hub plugged into the back.  I see one advantage
to a hub.  Plugging/unplugging USB connectors into a computer's ports
puts a lotta strain on those port sockets.  Best to plug in one connector
to the 'puter and let the hub suffer the traffic/abuse, as they are
cheap and replaceable.

nb