I have two Orico USB hubs, the powered one has four 3.0 ports, and the unpowered one has one 3.0 port and five 2.0 ports. If I plug the powered hub into the pc then chain the unpowered one into it, will the unpowered hub run into power issues if I plug high-power-consuming devices into it? And does it make any difference if I switch the hubs order?

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Putting the powered hub second means that it doesn’t need to pull power through the unpowered hub, and it should be fine right be used as normal.

    I might be misunderstanding, but wouldn’t this still be a problem?

    Computer
  |-unpowered hub
      |-powered hub
          |-power hungry device

    it would need something like

    Computer
  |-powered hub
      |-power hungry device
      |-unpowered hub
          |-low power devices