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Topic: Is USB hubs for Asic Miners special? (Read 699 times)

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November 12, 2013, 10:57:47 PM
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yep so any USB can do as long a it has enough power per USB Smiley
thanx!

so which one of workign is cheapest now?
legendary
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November 12, 2013, 09:16:33 PM
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ASIC Miner USB Block Erupters are power by the USB port.  So they would require a power supply that can deliver .5 Amp per port.  I have Rosewill USB 2.0 Hubs that have 5 powered ports with a 2 Amp power supply, that can power 4 Block Erupters but it pushes the Power Supply to it's max limit and maybe a little past.

I also have Anker 9+1 hubs and the 9 ports can supply .9 Amps per port so I can run 9 Block Erupters on those hubs.

Does that answer your question?
Sam
legendary
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November 12, 2013, 09:06:56 PM
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Shortly are the USB hubs that usb asic miners use any different than usual USB hubs i can buy in local shop ?
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