Help! Tasc. 122 Fried My Usb Ports! Options

[Philryan]

I just bought the Tascame US-122 yesterday, and it was working fine - sort of. i figured out that i needed to add power to my USB hub, since it wasnt powered already. after i hooked up an AC adapter to it, my computer will no longer recognice any USB device, except the US-122! My oxygen 8 will no longer power up or be recognized by my computer. My USB hub powers up, and my mouse lights up, but the computer wont recognize either of them. What's worse, is that my compuiter will no longer recognize my logic xskey! i am running panther 10.3.2 on a titanium powerbook G4 550mhz with an external HD. all drivers for the devices are fully installed. any help is very much appreciated. thanks all....

phil

[Philryan]

Well....after trial and error....and plugging in other USB devices....I figured out that, yes, my Logic xskey was erased and my Oxygen 8 keyboard was fried. Called Emagic and M-Audio. They are sending me a new xskey, and M-Audio is going to repair it under warranty. Word of advice – don't plug an AC adapter into your (cheap) USB hub unless you know what you are doing. Ok, so maybe I jumped to conclusions that the Tascam blew everything out. But hey, it was easy to assume..hehe. I bought a new MIDI controller, the Evolution MK-449C, off of eBay today. Realized I should have did a little more shopping around before I bought the Oxygen 8 anyway – so many more features on the MK-449C and only $50 more! Oxygen 8 is good for travelling musicians I suppose...but I am not one of those. My bedroom has enough room for the Evolution. So, when M-Audio sends me back my fried Oxygen 8 I'm just gonna sell it.....any buyers? Real cheap.....prolly will be a new unit....I doubt they will bother trying to fix the cheap unit!

Thanks for everyone's suggestions/help!

Silly me...

Phil