You will have to get a USB hub with it'e own power access point.
By the sound of things, you have everything plugged into the hub, and using
the laptop's power supply, which is insufficient.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"wiserandwiser@xxxxxx" wrote:
Quote:
> No, my HP scanner is acting funny too, now. If I try to scan my
> starting the HP Solution Center application it claims it cannot talk
> to the scanner. If I try to scan by pressing the front-panel button it
> scans but at an unreasonable high resolution. For some reason I now
> see several scanner devices.
>
> I solved the printer problem by removing the printer and letting Vista
> re-install the drivers.
>
> Alex Clayton wrote: Quote:
> > <wiserandwiser@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:5a81448a-d75b-4801-9fd4-6e1552eb72db@xxxxxx Quote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I had a set of USB devices working OK on my laptop (mouse, printer,
> > > scanner, labeller, disk) and decided to route all through a hub to
> > > make things simpler to cabling and moving my laptop around.
> > >
> > > I installed the hub and recabled everything and all worked fine for a
> > > couple of days.
> > >
> > > Now, nothing works through the hub. The devices are recognized alright
> > > (I get the bong sound when I plug and unplug and the printer status
> > > comes OK) but I cannot scan and I cannot print. The mouse works fine,
> > > though.
> > >
> > > Has anyone run into this before?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > W
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Is it just the printer?
> > I have a couple Lexmark printers that will do this. If I unplug or plug
> > while the PC is on, they act like they were never on the machine before.
> > Several times have had to completely un install and re install to get them
> > to work again. I tried lots of idea's, nothing ever worked. I found
> > sometimes if I made sure the PC was off, and then did it, it would work,
> > even that did not always work. PITA. I finally just left the printer scanner
> > on the desktop. If I want to print something I use a jump drive.
> > --
> > Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep
> > your mouth shut.
> > --Ernest Hemmingway >