Is your Belkin 7-port USB Hub Hot?

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Is your Belkin 7-port USB Hub Hot?

Hello everyone. This is not an iMac-specific question/problem, but since I am using one, I thought I post it here...

I am using two Belkin 7-port USB 2.0 Hub for quite a while now, (See http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?MerchantId=&Section_Id=200433&pcount=&ProductId=196201), only until recently that when I went and touch them, especially the bottom of the hubs, they are
b extremely hot!

Is this suppose to be normal?

Thanks

Posted on Oct 9, 2005 11:11 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 9, 2005 12:08 PM in response to howwow

HI,

I have two of these hubs and they both get very hot on the bottom, I was quite surprised when i first found out how hot they were. They both work fine so I guess it's normal for them to be like this.

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Answer 2

Oct 9, 2005 2:55 PM in response to Stuart Bryant

With all 5 of the back ports in use my hub is warm/ hot - no smell of burning and not too hot to touch so no concerns from me!

I leave it plugged in and turned on 24/7 although my mac does sleep out of office hours and the hub shuts down then also.

Where is it in relation to your mac / desk? does it get air circulating around it?

I burnt out a wireless router by not giving it enough breathing space - behind a sofa and have learnt to give all my add-ons a bit more working / breathing space.

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Answer 3

neilio

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Oct 9, 2005 12:49 PM in response to howwow

Yup, mine gets hot too. I've added some metal onto the bottom (actually, the top of a Haltoids can) to help dissipate heat buildup and that seems to help a bit.

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Answer 4

Oct 9, 2005 4:45 PM in response to howwow

It seems that these devices being hot is a normal thing.

I have one attached to my iMac G5 and it is hotter than I think it should be - but it works without fail.

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