Belkin usb 2.0 hub - 4 port - Model No. f4u020

[johnliming]

I bought a Belkin usb 2.0 hub with 4 ports. It is a Model No: f4u020 and there is no user guide in the box and none that I can find online anywhere.  The person at the store where I bought it cannot seem to answer a phone.

The hub I purchased is "Powered" which means that it came with it's own power cord, plug and transformer. The other hubs that I have used have not been "Powered" and seem to have simply operated using power from the computer itself.

My computer is a Hewitt Packard (HP) 600 all-in-one with a 23-inch touch screen and a full 1080p LCD display and I love it dearly.

I want to use the new hub I bought to run a new keyboard, a different mouse I bought and my Epson Printer.  That should be no problem at all because I ran all that on my previous "Non-Powered" hub.

So in playing with this thing, I discovered that it will run with no other power source but the computer which brings me to my main question:

Should I plug the usb power cord into an electrical outlet and allow current to flow to the usb hub while I also have the computer itself hooked up to a wall plug?

That would mean that both the computer and the new hub would be receiving electric current from a wall plug at one and the same time.

I am so naive about all things electronic and I know this kind of question is probably too simple and might be offensive to someone who knows computer stuff really well - - - but I want to use the new hub and I certainly do not wish to fry anything by over powering something.

Again:  Should both items - - - computer and hub be plugged into their own individual wall sockets at the same time or should I just plug one of the devices into the electric?

If so, which one would you choose - - - the hub or the the computer?

Anything that anyone can say to help me would be sincerely appreciated as I have absolutely no common sense about these things at all.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Based on the following link, it has an AC adapter therefore it simply needs power to do the work and you have to plug it to an AC outlet.

   http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/813094-REG/Belkin_F4U020_4_Port_USB_2_0_HUB.html

No problem when plug both PC and the USB hub to AC outlets.

Regards.

[johnliming]

It is very kind of you to take the time to help me with so I am now going to plug both the computer and the hub into their own individual power supplies at the same time.

I am so appreciative that you were kind enough to help me with this problem and it is my wish and desire and prayer that you have a most wonderful, marvelous, happy, healthy and profitable forever.

[kverm]

I'll second that!

[johnliming]

The question has been resolved ever since 8/18/2012 and the solution you provided has worked flawlessly so thanks again and this resolves it for me now.