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Using Powered USB Hub to Power MBox 2
I am trying . . with mixed results . . to connect and use an MBox 2 with a PowerBook G4 and i am having difficulty getting it to power up consistantly. Phantom power is off, Firmware is upgraded, plugged into the left side . . all no-essential power turned off . . and the unit can still cycle on and off at will (unpredictably). I am wondering if anyone has tried using an exteranlly powered USB hub to connect and hopefully, power the MBox 2 . . . will this work?
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Re: Using Powered USB Hub to Power MBox 2
well, you should definitely plug the mbox into the computers port because it needs as much power as possible. you might wanna plug everything else into the hub and make sure the mbox has the port and plug the hub into the rest. i tried that a while back ago thinking the hard drive needed the port and the mbox could get the hub. and the transport would play for a millisecond and shut off. but now, my hard drive, external keyboard, external mouse, iLok. and smart media drive are all in the hub and the mbox gets the computer port, and it works fine. obviously a firewire drive would be better, but i've had no problems with this setup.
hope it helps nana |
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Re: Using Powered USB Hub to Power MBox 2
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Having said that, you can find a cheap hub at Staples for around $9 that works fine with the MBox II.
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