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Review on Rosonway Aluminum 5 Port USB Hub Expander - Powered USB Hub with 4 USB 3.0 Data Ports, 1 Fast Charging Port, 24W Power Adapter, Individual Switches - USB Hub 3.0 Splitter (RSH-A35) by Mike Wheeler

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Unstable data connections, possibly power related?

Bought four months ago, everything was fine at first. Then I started having strange problems. I had an ASUS RGB keyboard connected, a mouse, a mouse pad, and a couple of external hard drives. But then I started having strange issues like mouse and keyboard not showing up when Windows boots up. Or a Windows Hello-enabled webcam won't work, but a mouse and keyboard will. Or a mouse, but a keyboard and webcam. These are random combinations, some work and some don't. I think the hub just doesn't have enough power to allow all devices (especially if they are wireless RGB devices) to work properly. In my case, I have a mouse, an optional wireless mouse receiver, a keyboard, a mouse pad, three Rift sensors, two external hard drives, a USB connection with battery backup, USB headphones, and an NZXT RGB Ribbon Controller. So I counted 12 devices. All devices can connect to it, but not all can be supported. I disabled mouse and keyboard, after that everything worked again.

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