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cmmcnamara   09-08-2009 at 06:02:54 AM

Ok this may seem like a silly question but here it goes. I have the Gateway FHD2400 monitor which has a built in 4 port usb hub. Recently I went to a LAN party an lost the cable that would connect the hub to the computer. The cable was like a printer cable, type A on the end going to the computer and type B going to the hub. I was going to go buy a new one but I remembered that this cable had a hard cylindrical piece that was in line with the cable which I imagine has something to do with powering the USB hub (it would power and charge my iPod too). Do I need a special cable with this thing inline or will a normal A/B usb cable do? If I need this special one, where do I find one or at least what is its name so I can google it?

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Try reading this for background:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question352.htm

It's good that you noticed you had one, but I don't think you'll notice when you don't :)

Here's a bunch of cables:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE
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Bronze CPUs badge Twoboxer   09-08-2009 at 06:42:02 AM
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Try reading this for background:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question352.htm

It's good that you noticed you had one, but I don't think you'll notice when you don't :)

Here's a bunch of cables:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE

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mikey5802   09-08-2009 at 06:49:47 AM

cmmcnamara wrote :

Ok this may seem like a silly question but here it goes. I have the Gateway FHD2400 monitor which has a built in 4 port usb hub. Recently I went to a LAN party an lost the cable that would connect the hub to the computer. The cable was like a printer cable, type A on the end going to the computer and type B going to the hub. I was going to go buy a new one but I remembered that this cable had a hard cylindrical piece that was in line with the cable which I imagine has something to do with powering the USB hub (it would power and charge my iPod too). Do I need a special cable with this thing inline or will a normal A/B usb cable do? If I need this special one, where do I find one or at least what is its name so I can google it?



Have you tried checking with Gateway to see if you can purchase a replacement??

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mi1ez   09-08-2009 at 04:44:36 PM

Nice article twoboxer! I always had an idea that was what they were (after taking one off a mk1 Game Boy link lead), but never actually checked.

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cmmcnamara   09-09-2009 at 06:07:30 AM

Ahhhhh ok cool. I'll just pick one up at work tomorrow then (BBY)! Thanks!

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