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Anker 6-in-1 USB-C Hub
$18
$40
55% off
Amazon
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i got from previous deal, 4k60hz never worked on 10+ laptops i have
As for power delivery. If you are using power delivery through the hub you need 15w more then what your device uses. That should be a given. If you plug this into your laptop without power it will power through that. You are going from USB-C to HDMI, SD slot, etc, things that require power for the device plugged in or to push the signal on the wire. Do you think that light on your USB stick is magical or powered from a battery within the device? You are either sucking power from your laptop/device or from the power coming in. So if you have a standard Dell laptop with a standard 65w power adapter then no you cant use the same charger through this. If you have a laptop that needs 65w and you have a 90w adapter or a aftermarket adapter that's 80w+ then it will work fine.
As for 4k@60. Yes it works IF your laptop supports DisplayPort 1.4 on the USB-C connection. That's a newer machine, like 11th generation Intel or higher. No your 4 year old 8th gen isn't going to get 4k@60 but the 4k@30 should still work.
As for data transfer speeds. Yes it will be slower going through a hub then directly connected to your laptop. For 98% of people this isn't going to matter even slightly. For the last 2% that want fast access to a external SSD then it might matter if for some reason you are directly editing movies feom the SSD and not copying locally.
As for "well it doesn't have Ethernet/USB-C/VGA/etc". Yeah, it's $18. Buy something else that will definitely be more then $18.
Personally I bought 5 for work because people need a HDMI port or a SD card reader and those adapters are like $15 by themselves. Might as well have one that does everything.
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those same folks have also never heard of a little company called IBM. Not criticizing young folks—I'm just feeling old.
I have had two laptops, one Portable monitor and 6 generic USBC hubs like this and they all have data connection issues. M bringing this up because I think they are so made at the same Shenzhen factory (and I've seen hundreds of them at CES all with identical aluminum body.)
USBC hub issues:
All of my 6 USBC hubs (mostly from amazon and 2 from eBay) disconnect and reconnect a lot. Pretty frustrating to get up in the morning and keyboard light isn't on and it isn't working. (I leave my laptop on all night, I'm pretty sure it goes to sleep). Touching keyboard or mouse also does not wake up the laptop so I have to pry it open push the button and close it every morning. No issue with HDMI with any of them but data and USBC issues. I keep buying a new one and tossing old ones in the drawer. I think it may be power issue with the USB port but a Lenovo and a Dell laptop have the same issue? Odd.
Portable Monitor usbc issue:
The USBC cable portable monitor disconnects with slightest movement. It's getting pretty bad now. I have baby'd it and it has barely moved since I bought it and didn't have this issue it slowly developed.
Portable Monitor usbc issue with Samsung Dex or other phones:
Phone recognizes external monitor about 50% of the time now. Sometimes goes into Dex sometimes duplicates the screen.
Samsung Dex now opens as logged in wihout any permissions asked on the phone screen! Wtf?
USBC keeps reconnecting: when I walk away from my laptop at the end of the day and turn off the monitor, about 30 minutes later windows laptop keeps making ding dong sound like I have connected and disconnected a USB device. This was happening with my old work laptop, Lenovo and my new personal Dell laptop too. It's very frustrating having to turn on the computer to put it on silent to stop the continuous ding dong and next day turning the speaker back on. It seems like some green feature kicks in and shuts down the USB ports and then turns it back on 5 seconds later and keeps doing this every 10 minutes. Could be windows issue or hub issue.
one USBC hub with Micro SD slot, burned my Microsd. It literally turned so hot I pulled the Microsd out and it burnt my finger and of course all our underwater pool pictures and videos were fried.
Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to know if anyone has any ideas how I can fix things. I'm worried about buying this , although it's sort of name brand.
those same folks have also never heard of a little company called IBM. Not criticizing young folks—I'm just feeling old.
I have had two laptops, one Portable monitor and 6 generic USBC hubs like this and they all have data connection issues. M bringing this up because I think they are so made at the same Shenzhen factory (and I've seen hundreds of them at CES all with identical aluminum body.)
USBC hub issues:
All of my 6 USBC hubs (mostly from amazon and 2 from eBay) disconnect and reconnect a lot. Pretty frustrating to get up in the morning and keyboard light isn't on and it isn't working. (I leave my laptop on all night, I'm pretty sure it goes to sleep). Touching keyboard or mouse also does not wake up the laptop so I have to pry it open push the button and close it every morning. No issue with HDMI with any of them but data and USBC issues. I keep buying a new one and tossing old ones in the drawer. I think it may be power issue with the USB port but a Lenovo and a Dell laptop have the same issue? Odd.
Portable Monitor usbc issue:
The USBC cable portable monitor disconnects with slightest movement. It's getting pretty bad now. I have baby'd it and it has barely moved since I bought it and didn't have this issue it slowly developed.
Portable Monitor usbc issue with Samsung Dex or other phones:
Phone recognizes external monitor about 50% of the time now. Sometimes goes into Dex sometimes duplicates the screen.
Samsung Dex now opens as logged in wihout any permissions asked on the phone screen! Wtf?
USBC keeps reconnecting: when I walk away from my laptop at the end of the day and turn off the monitor, about 30 minutes later windows laptop keeps making ding dong sound like I have connected and disconnected a USB device. This was happening with my old work laptop, Lenovo and my new personal Dell laptop too. It's very frustrating having to turn on the computer to put it on silent to stop the continuous ding dong and next day turning the speaker back on. It seems like some green feature kicks in and shuts down the USB ports and then turns it back on 5 seconds later and keeps doing this every 10 minutes. Could be windows issue or hub issue.
one USBC hub with Micro SD slot, burned my Microsd. It literally turned so hot I pulled the Microsd out and it burnt my finger and of course all our underwater pool pictures and videos were fried.
Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to know if anyone has any ideas how I can fix things. I'm worried about buying this , although it's sort of name brand.
Did you try it?
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But you dont need to input power if you are only using for low power (mouse, keyboard, monitors). If you need passthrough or read hdd, then consider supplying the recommended power supply.
I returned Anker (got hp one from employer), kept verbatium for single monitor. In both cases, I powered laptops with separate power supply and no more issues with monitors.
1) The USB ports on this hub (6 in 1) have transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps, which is twice the speed of your 7 in 1 hub.
2) The USB version on this 6-in-1 is USB 3.1 gen 2, which is far better than your USB 3.0
3) When you transfer files, the speed also depends on the file size (larger file get more stable and faster transfer speeds) and how many ports on the hub you are using at the same time. For example, if you are using HDMI and also connects other USB ports on the hub, the transfer speed is definitely slower than directly connecting to the port on your computer...
i got from previous deal, 4k60hz never worked on 10+ laptops i have
i got from previous deal, 4k60hz never worked on 10+ laptops i have
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