If you purchased directly from anker you can use all 10 ports and burn the thing out and request a RMA for it, I've used the AiTech and Orico with all 10 ports and no problems as of yet.
The new anker I've only used 9 of the ports on so.
New hub arrived (the 9+1 version), a BE in the +1 slot will start up to a constant green light, but it never shows up in device manager. I've tried a couple combinations to make sure it wasn't a bad BE, so it looks like that +1 port can't actually run a BE (aka, power only).
Sucks, now I have 1 BE left over with no more USB ports... Dare I order another hub with more BEs...
The new one has 1 port for charging and doesn't connect to the computer, the 10 port I was referring to is the old model that isn't made anymore.
I did this same thing but with 3 of those hubs So I used the one charging port for fans
Adding some air movement is an excellent way to make sure your sticks work well and for a long time. Even a small USB fan over the sticks can make them run 10-20 degrees cooler!
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The way my computer / devices are set up are near a large powerful fan so a small one isn't really worth it for me, the large fan wind hits all my hubs / usb's and myself so its a win win, and I can barely hear it spin.
