Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub (F5U224)

by Belkin

Product Details

Product Manual [63kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005YX22
• Item model number: F5U224
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,074 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The USB 2 Hi-Speed 4-Port Hub allows you to connect up to 4 ultrafast devices such as next-generation scanners, printers and video cameras. It not only maximizes high-speed peripherals, but includes an AC power adapter for your high-current devices as well. You also get a certified USB 2 Hi-Speed cable from Belkin for the best connection to your computer. Installation is a simple plug-in to your computer's USB port. You can keep your existing equipment until you're ready to upgrade--the hub is backward-compatible, offering perfect setup and operation to any USB peripheral.

Product Description

BLKF5U224 USB 2.0 4-Port Hub

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well with USB 1.1 and 2.0, March 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub (F5U224) (Personal Computers)

This hub has worked very well with my USB 1.1 ports. I recently tried it on my USB 2.0 PCI card. Initially, Windows XP didn't want to recognize the hub. A few switched ports and reboots later, problem solved. It is now running on USB 2.0 just fine, as advertised. In retrospect, my decision to pay a little more for a higher-quality product was a good one.

Of course, since no product is perfect, here are a few negative aspects:

1) All the USB ports are in the back of the product; it would be more convenient to have them in front.

2) The ports are quite close together. If you're using normal USB cables, you shouldn't have a problem, but some users with wider devices such as a flash card reader or a USB flash drive may have to unplug a cable or two to get the room they need to plug their devices in.

3) The AC adapter is HUGE; make sure you have plenty of room on your wall outlet or power strip to plug that monster in.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars how many of these die, February 7, 2004

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Mr. M. J. Christian "citizensmith" (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub (F5U224) (Personal Computers)

Great looking unit, but didn't live very long. I've had some Belking USB1.1 hubs that did the same. Fine for a while then just upped and stopped working. One even sparked whenever you plugged its power supply in!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Possible Fix For F5U224 Install Failures/Problems, March 11, 2005

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TheRealFastlane "D.J.M." (Southern Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 4-Port Hub (F5U224) (Personal Computers)

I encountered nothing but diffuclties trying to properly install this 4 port hub on 3 different machines, all with ver 2.0 USB ports (MS Win SE or ME). First call to Belkin, the tech decided the hub was defective and they shipped me a replacement pronto.

New hub, same problems, but the next tech ran me through some uninstall/install procedures and claimed the problem is that Windows is not installing the native (ver 1.x) USB drivers which is what is preventing the belkin 2.x high speed drivers from installing successfully. Off and on I would try and fail until I absent-mindedly connected the hub to the machine WITHOUT the

power supply connected to the hub and guess what! New hardware detected, installing (Windows) drivers (4 times, 1 for each port) plus a couple of root hubs etc. been working as expected ever since in Win ME :-))