[geeks] Cheap multiport PCI 10/100 ethernet cards?

Dan Duncan dand at pcisys.net
Mon Aug 2 12:54:22 CDT 2004


On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> My motherboard has FIVE (count'em, FIVE!!!) USB2.0 controllers.  (Oddly
> enough, of two greatly different revs of the same chip -- two are
> Rev.23, the rest Rev.50.)  What the hell am I supposed to do with five
> USB channels?

Why, plug in lots of those power-only USB devices without a hub,
obviously.  Lamps, coffee heaters, battery chargers, fans, speakers,
etc.

-DanD

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