Daisy chain 2 USB hub?

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Daisy chain 2 USB hub?

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Is it possible to daisy-chain 2 USB hubs on MiSTer?

The one in my case is 4 ports but I could do with an extra slot - (A larger hub wouldn't fit in my 'unique' case.

Could I plug another USB hub into this and would it be ok / work?

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Re: Daisy chain 2 USB hub?

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Yep. My setup has two USB hubs linked by a 3 m extension cable.
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jlancaster86 wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:55 am Yep. My setup has two USB hubs linked by a 3 m extension cable.
Thanks for the info - I ask as I tried it yesterday and the KB and mouse I had plugged into the second USB were very jittery. Mouse and KB would lose connection every other second.

I wondered if it was a USB3 into USB2 thing?

I might try another USB dongle.
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Re: Daisy chain 2 USB hub?

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JudgeDrokk wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:46 am Is it possible to daisy-chain 2 USB hubs on MiSTer?
Yes. The theoretical max devices for USB is like 127 devices (including hubs).

I got a Internal PC Hub attached to my MiSTer USB board.
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Re: Daisy chain 2 USB hub?

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darksakul wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:49 pm
JudgeDrokk wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:46 am Is it possible to daisy-chain 2 USB hubs on MiSTer?
Yes. The theoretical max devices for USB is like 127 devices (including hubs).

I got a Internal PC Hub attached to my MiSTer USB board.
I picked out an old USB2 from a drawer and it works fine... the USB3 I previously tried plugging in was very intermittent - odd.

All good now though. :-)

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