Can USB Hub fry my keyboard and mouse?
I have a Power Mac G5 and I was setting it up after moving it to a new location. I normally plug my keyboard (Apple keyboard that came with machine) into one of the back USB ports, then I plug the mouse (Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000) into the keyboard.
After setting everything up, I worked on my computer for a while(everything worked fine) then came across a D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub, and plugged it in (the hub has it's own power supply). I kept the keyboard and mouse plugged into the the same locations, but I plugged my printer, music keyboard, and iPod dock into the hub. A warning came up saying I was drawing to much current to the USB port and said it would be deactivated.
I unplugged the hub. Suddenly the keyboard was not working, nor was the mouse. I tried restarting the computer and they still did not work. I tried plugging the keyboard and mouse into a different computer and the still didn't work.
I have plugged other keyboards and mice into my G5 to test the USB ports and they work fine, so do the things that were plugged into the hub (music keyboard, dock, and printer) when the keyboard and mouse went out.
Could the hub have caused the keyboard and mouse to go out, even though they weren't plugged into the hub? Is there anything I can try, that might bring the keyboard or mouse back?
After setting everything up, I worked on my computer for a while(everything worked fine) then came across a D-Link DUB-H4 USB 2.0 Hub, and plugged it in (the hub has it's own power supply). I kept the keyboard and mouse plugged into the the same locations, but I plugged my printer, music keyboard, and iPod dock into the hub. A warning came up saying I was drawing to much current to the USB port and said it would be deactivated.
I unplugged the hub. Suddenly the keyboard was not working, nor was the mouse. I tried restarting the computer and they still did not work. I tried plugging the keyboard and mouse into a different computer and the still didn't work.
I have plugged other keyboards and mice into my G5 to test the USB ports and they work fine, so do the things that were plugged into the hub (music keyboard, dock, and printer) when the keyboard and mouse went out.
Could the hub have caused the keyboard and mouse to go out, even though they weren't plugged into the hub? Is there anything I can try, that might bring the keyboard or mouse back?
G5 Dual-Core 2.3Ghz 4 gig RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.9)