I am out of USB ports and need to turn to a external USB hub. Will a external hub substantially harm the display refresh rate or anything else?
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I am running two screens off of PC which refresh fine. I added this hub to support my security monitoring. It does work, but runs 60-90 seconds behind on refresh rate.
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I'm not the seller, sorry. I'd suggest looking up some installation guides because it can be a little tricky I had to buy a powered USB hub when I got mine.
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Display port is supposed to be the best transfer of signal. I would advise using it if you can.
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MANUFACTURER ANSWER: Thanks for posting your question here, Biji! As USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0, you can connect this product to a USB 2.0 port on the system. However, the USB 3.0 product drops down to USB 2.0 mode. We do not recommend playing video intensive applications on any display that is connected via USB 2.0 because of the lag caused by bandwidth limitations of USB 2.0. If you need any additional information, please do feel free to shoot us an email at support@plugable.com. We are here to help! Thanks! Regards, Roze Plugable Technologies
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This has worked well for me. I have dual external screens and I have this adaptor connected to a 7port USB hub - still works fine.
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I heard this model uses a displaylink DL-3k series chip and Linux support for only DL-1x5 which is older generation chip is currently available per displaylink website. So even there are some success stories with other usb monitors on linux, that wouldn't apply for this.
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Thanks so much for your response. I'll go ahead and bust it out of the package and try it out. Trying to connect an extra monitor!! Lee
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Please excuse my ignorance, but could someone tell me what HDMI out actually allows you to do? I'm guessing hook up your netbook to an external monitor/tv for alternate display? I'm I correct? Thanks!
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Actually, that question should be "Does the AMD Firepro M5100 support MST display hubs?" . The answer to that is yes, it does. As I have mentioned in other posts, I have my hub and monitors connected to their own power strip - as entering or exiting a full screen application can cause one of the monitors to go to sleep or change to half resolution. So I have to cycle power on that power strip to fix it. This problem seems to be a timing (delay) disagreement between the video card and monitors connected via an MST hub. Hopefully the engineers who write the display drivers will eventually fix it.
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I do not believe the tab2 generates enough USB power to run the USB monitor outside the docking station. When you are docked and plugged into an external power source there is plenty of power. It wasn't designed to support an external monitor on it's own. Only when plugged in will you get this feature. Hope this helps. Tom
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The USB ports work fine here, I have not had any issues. I use them all the time. You need to make sure you plug the USB cord from the monitor into a USB port on your tower though.
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Displayport is not the same as a USB connector. They just are not interchangeable.
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i do not recommend buying a USB powered Hub for external drives. Buy the one with external power. The USB powered one will turn off your HD sometimes and it is annoying esp if you are downloading files.
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Never used it that way but I have with other windows systems. There is only one old fashion type monitor port. If one of your monitors works with a usb port I would think it would not be a problem.
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To answer your first question, this will support Display port monitors that are from 1.0 to 1.2a. The second part is a question of the kinds of monitors being plugged in - if you only use 1.0 or 1.1 monitors, this hub will not significantly increase the throughput to require 1.2; a 1.1 graphics card should support 3-&gt;1 1.1 displays. If you have a 1.2 display, you will need a 1.2 graphics card.
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I know this isn't answering you question, but I don't know. I don't even use mine anymore because it wasn't so great. I recommend getting a Belkin USB hub.
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YES, MAYBE, POSSIBLY. I was using this with my desktop, (has a 850W Powersupply + nVidia 670) to an Acer 232HL Monitor and I would get weird flickering problems whenever I unplugged a USB device or at random points during full screen games. I tried to fix the issue for days thinking it was an windows update or bad video drivers. Switched to a shorter cord and the problem stopped.