Re: Canon i850--Suspect Head Failure

The PC is an older P4 1.7 gig that was built with just two usb 1.1 ports in the back of the
box.

It's odd for such system to only have two USB ports. Usually there are
headers on the motherboard for at least two more USB ports, most often
4 though I wasn't thinking about Older USB ports. Big box stores tend
to charge as much for the header ports as they do for hubs or pci cards
but your typicaly indy computer shop tends to have boxes of those. In
your case, you planned to keep the p4-1.7 in service.

There may come a time where I need more than 6 usb ports. I do have
the bluetooth, the keyboard, a pair of mice, and the printer. At such
time I may have to go with a hub.

But I'm not saying there are not reasons to consider a hub or PCI usb
card, only that if you are not planning on keeping a system in service
most new motherboards offer 4 to 6 usb ports and one should consider
whether such an investment, though only $10 to $20 is empty or not.

More handy I believe are those 3.5 USB hubs that mount in the PC.
Those at least offer some benifit to machines with no front mount ports.

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