I have been gone for many weeks (illness in my family) but I'm back. Today I plugged my 4 port USB hub into my N800 and inserted a new 4G Kingston pen drive/flash drive. The N800 was able to read the Kingston drive.

Some people have commented seeing error messages upon inserting a hub like mine. I see the error message also, but I ignore it. The error message is in error because although "USB hub not supported" appears, the hub does work properly. I just ignore the error message. A second error message appears which is "Unable to connect, no file system available". I ignore that one also. Clicking "OK" makes the message disappear.

I proceeded to play ( stream ) a movie from the Kingston drive thru the hub to the N800. I used Mplayer to view the movie directly from the external hardware. The system became unstable. I suspected the hub and 4G drive might need external power assist after all. Upon applying ext. 5 volts to the HUB and retrying to view the movie streamed from the 4G drive all went well. So, it seems the hub and Kingston 4G drive is at the threshold (actually over) of what electrical current the N800 will source out the USB port.

Enjoy,

M5


Edit:
I removed the hub and connected the Kingston 4gig drive ( with the movie ) directly to the N800 using the blue and white adapter shown here http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...52&postcount=5 and the movie streamed fine. The N800 had enough to power the Kingston drive (so long as the hub was not in the loop).
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