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Shifty Geezer · 02-Dec-2007, 11:26

Had a friend asking about the SKU differences. He can't find a 60GB SKU anywhere in the UK so we were trying to pin down if the differences are worth worrying about. Has anyone tried using a USB hub to access devices on a PS3? Or a standard card reader and if the XMB can access media through that directly? As he has both already, if these things work automagically then apart from the lack of games bundled, the 40GB would be a suitable purchase.

manux · 02-Dec-2007, 11:38

I have tried sandisk imagemate 6-in-1 usb card reader in ps3 and it did work.

Arwin · 02-Dec-2007, 12:48

I also tried an el-cheapo 11-in-1 reader (my wife has an xD type memory card which is rarely supported directly), and that did work fine too. Most of these cards just seem to offer the contents of the Memory stick as a standard type storage medium USB connection, which should basically always work.

I haven't tried a HUB yet, but I have some lying around so I could give it a try. I'd put money on that working without any issues though. I think for instance the Rockband peripherals work that way, and Buzz may well internally too (on the PS2).

Shifty Geezer · 02-Dec-2007, 13:57

If you can demonstrate a hub and a card reader and other USB devices in that all working fine, I'd be mightily pleased!

infinity4 · 02-Dec-2007, 14:50

I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't work.

I never heard of a device not working.

cthellis42 · 02-Dec-2007, 18:15

A friend of mine has a random D-Link USB hub plugged in, and everything works through it fine. He has a 60GB, so doesn't need to plug in a card reader, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work unless it was produced by Joe's Grill, Garage, and Card Reader Manufacturing. (Heck, maybe not even then.

)

It's read off digital cameras and iPods (if you have "disk usage") and external HDD's just fine, so...

Gradthrawn · 03-Dec-2007, 03:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shifty Geezer

Had a friend asking about the SKU differences. He can't find a 60GB SKU anywhere in the UK so we were trying to pin down if the differences are worth worrying about. Has anyone tried using a USB hub to access devices on a PS3? Or a standard card reader and if the XMB can access media through that directly? As he has both already, if these things work automagically then apart from the lack of games bundled, the 40GB would be a suitable purchase.

I have to tell you, those built-in card readers come in handy, and help keep the front looking clean w/o devices dangling.

Conversely, a cooler, 65nm Cell, and reportedly better WiFi/BT adapter are pretty tempting.

I'm surprised he can't find a 60GB unit.

Shifty Geezer · 03-Dec-2007, 08:46

There just aren't any in the UK at the moment it seems. Well in this part if it! None of the online retailers, including online arms of highstreet stores, have it in stock either. I guess the bundle offer was too tempting and those wanting PS3's for Christmas lapped the 60GB's quick.

Arwin · 03-Dec-2007, 11:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shifty Geezer

If you can demonstrate a hub and a card reader and other USB devices in that all working fine, I'd be mightily pleased!

I could, but currently only on a 60Gb console obviously.

oramay · 04-Dec-2007, 14:04

I'd also like to know if an unpowered USB hub connected to PS3 can support 3 things at once: keyboard, mouse (both may be wireless) and card reader. If not, how about only keyboard and mouse?

I want to buy a PS3 with 65nm Cell but the 80GB version feels like taking forever.

Fu3lFr3nzy · 04-Dec-2007, 15:51

Speaking of which, has anyone heard of any info about 80GB PS3's going 65nm anytime soon?

Im quite on a PS3 crossroad as the 40GB sounds nice with 65nm Cell making the console much more cooler and less power hungry, but at the same time the lack of two extra USB ports and Card Readers might be something i'll regret later on.

Sure, I can use an external hub, but thats not very good to look at now is it

force94 · 22-Jul-2008, 11:39

ive used 3 different types of card reader with my ps3 (40gb) and they've worked fine
but im not sure about usb hubs

Arwin · 22-Jul-2008, 13:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fu3lFr3nzy

Speaking of which, has anyone heard of any info about 80GB PS3's going 65nm anytime soon?

Im quite on a PS3 crossroad as the 40GB sounds nice with 65nm Cell making the console much more cooler and less power hungry, but at the same time the lack of two extra USB ports and Card Readers might be something i'll regret later on.

I must say I do like that I have the extra USB ports and the card readers. They aren't really essential but I do use them (meaning I don't have to swap out my EyeToy for instance when I'm using one to recharge and the other with the DFPro wheel plugged in), and they are good - i.e. the card readers seems to work better than most PC card readers (we have two) in reading 4GB discs for instance (which I can't get to work on my wife's Vista machine for instance).

However, I don't see that version become available anytime soon in Europe. Don't know about the U.S., but the European 40GB version is going to become an 80GB edition with otherwise the same feature set, so just the HDD replaced. If it turns out that 80GB version isn't also more energy efficient (though I think it may well be) then maybe I'll use that point in time to pick up a cheap 40GB and upgrade it's HDD. I definitely want a second PS3 for in my office room.

inefficient · 22-Jul-2008, 13:45

I use a card reader. It works exactly as expected, as in perfectly.

Iron Tiger · 30-Jul-2008, 20:43

I have a 7-port DLink hub and not everything works when connected to it. I can't remember exactly which things are incompatible, but I think my PS Eye was among them.

Shifty Geezer · 30-Jul-2008, 21:13

Have you tried them in all the ports? Or do some peripherals just not work at all through that USB hub?

Gradthrawn · 30-Jul-2008, 21:27

And is the hub powered or unpowered?

dumle29 · 31-Jan-2010, 20:24

i have tried a könig 4 port hub and stuff like flash drives and external hdd worked fine, but my GH guitar and logitech GH drums wont work when plugged into the hub. they will however work if they are plugged into a build in hub in a ps3 stand i have

Shifty Geezer · 31-Jan-2010, 20:30

Thread necromancy! In the end he bought a specific 3 port hub+card reader shaped to fit and it works very well.

patsu · 31-Jan-2010, 20:41

What is the make and model of that hub ?

Shifty Geezer · 31-Jan-2010, 22:03

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/n...s-multicard-r/

patsu · 01-Feb-2010, 02:08

Ok cool, I was looking for one for my Home PS3. The cheap, unbranded hub I bought didn't seem to work well with all the peripherals.

DrJay24 · 01-Feb-2010, 04:12

I have two unpowered hubs on my PS3, one has a card reader which I keep a 4GB SD card in for backps.

JPREBEL3 · 18-Feb-2010, 12:09

Mod: Question deleted because you're rude and obnoxious. If you want to try again with a little civility, please feel welcome.

JPREBEL3 · 18-Feb-2010, 12:14

Mod edit: There's no need to shout, and show a little patience.

02-Dec-2007, 11:26	#1
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	Anyone used a USB hub + card reader on PS3? Had a friend asking about the SKU differences. He can't find a 60GB SKU anywhere in the UK so we were trying to pin down if the differences are worth worrying about. Has anyone tried using a USB hub to access devices on a PS3? Or a standard card reader and if the XMB can access media through that directly? As he has both already, if these things work automagically then apart from the lack of games bundled, the 40GB would be a suitable purchase. __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

02-Dec-2007, 13:57	#4
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	If you can demonstrate a hub and a card reader and other USB devices in that all working fine, I'd be mightily pleased! __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

02-Dec-2007, 18:15	#6
cthellis42 Hoopy Frood Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Out of my gourd Posts: 5,894	A friend of mine has a random D-Link USB hub plugged in, and everything works through it fine. He has a 60GB, so doesn't need to plug in a card reader, but I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work unless it was produced by Joe's Grill, Garage, and Card Reader Manufacturing. (Heck, maybe not even then. ) It's read off digital cameras and iPods (if you have "disk usage") and external HDD's just fine, so... __________________ Everyone is someone else's weirdo.

03-Dec-2007, 08:46	#8
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	There just aren't any in the UK at the moment it seems. Well in this part if it! None of the online retailers, including online arms of highstreet stores, have it in stock either. I guess the bundle offer was too tempting and those wanting PS3's for Christmas lapped the 60GB's quick. __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

04-Dec-2007, 15:51	#11
Fu3lFr3nzy Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal USA Posts: 843	Speaking of which, has anyone heard of any info about 80GB PS3's going 65nm anytime soon? Im quite on a PS3 crossroad as the 40GB sounds nice with 65nm Cell making the console much more cooler and less power hungry, but at the same time the lack of two extra USB ports and Card Readers might be something i'll regret later on. Sure, I can use an external hub, but thats not very good to look at now is it __________________ Nitrous is like a hot girl with STD's. You know you wanna hit it, but you're afraid of the consequences! - anonymous

02-Dec-2007, 11:38	#2
manux Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA, CA Posts: 833	I have tried sandisk imagemate 6-in-1 usb card reader in ps3 and it did work.

02-Dec-2007, 12:48	#3
Arwin Now Officially a Top 10 Poster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands Posts: 12,910	I also tried an el-cheapo 11-in-1 reader (my wife has an xD type memory card which is rarely supported directly), and that did work fine too. Most of these cards just seem to offer the contents of the Memory stick as a standard type storage medium USB connection, which should basically always work. I haven't tried a HUB yet, but I have some lying around so I could give it a try. I'd put money on that working without any issues though. I think for instance the Rockband peripherals work that way, and Buzz may well internally too (on the PS2).

02-Dec-2007, 14:50	#5
infinity4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,235	I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't work. I never heard of a device not working.

04-Dec-2007, 14:04	#10
oramay Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 221	I'd also like to know if an unpowered USB hub connected to PS3 can support 3 things at once: keyboard, mouse (both may be wireless) and card reader. If not, how about only keyboard and mouse? I want to buy a PS3 with 65nm Cell but the 80GB version feels like taking forever.

22-Jul-2008, 11:39	#12
force94 Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1	ive used 3 different types of card reader with my ps3 (40gb) and they've worked fine but im not sure about usb hubs

22-Jul-2008, 13:45	#14
inefficient Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tokyo Posts: 2,120	I use a card reader. It works exactly as expected, as in perfectly.

30-Jul-2008, 20:43	#15
Iron Tiger Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 845	I have a 7-port DLink hub and not everything works when connected to it. I can't remember exactly which things are incompatible, but I think my PS Eye was among them. __________________ Submit to Donimation, Global Donimation.

30-Jul-2008, 21:13	#16
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	Have you tried them in all the ports? Or do some peripherals just not work at all through that USB hub? __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

30-Jul-2008, 21:27	#17
Gradthrawn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,647	And is the hub powered or unpowered?

31-Jan-2010, 20:24	#18
dumle29 Registered Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1	i have tried a könig 4 port hub and stuff like flash drives and external hdd worked fine, but my GH guitar and logitech GH drums wont work when plugged into the hub. they will however work if they are plugged into a build in hub in a ps3 stand i have

31-Jan-2010, 20:30	#19
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	Thread necromancy! In the end he bought a specific 3 port hub+card reader shaped to fit and it works very well. __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

31-Jan-2010, 20:41	#20
patsu Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 25,017	What is the make and model of that hub ? __________________ My wife pays up to hundreds of dollars for paintings we just hang on the wall They do nothing, just hang their. Journey is interactive, so it does more than our paintings. Art can be expensive! Get over it! -- 3rdamention@GAF

31-Jan-2010, 22:03	#21
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,073	http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/02/n...s-multicard-r/ __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

01-Feb-2010, 02:08	#22
patsu Regular Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 25,017	Ok cool, I was looking for one for my Home PS3. The cheap, unbranded hub I bought didn't seem to work well with all the peripherals. __________________ My wife pays up to hundreds of dollars for paintings we just hang on the wall They do nothing, just hang their. Journey is interactive, so it does more than our paintings. Art can be expensive! Get over it! -- 3rdamention@GAF

01-Feb-2010, 04:12	#23
DrJay24 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Internet Posts: 1,293	I have two unpowered hubs on my PS3, one has a card reader which I keep a 4GB SD card in for backps.

18-Feb-2010, 12:09	#24
JPREBEL3 Registered Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2	Ps3 usb 7.1 soundcard/ps3 tech. Mod: Question deleted because you're rude and obnoxious. If you want to try again with a little civility, please feel welcome. Last edited by Shifty Geezer; 18-Feb-2010 at 12:12. Reason: No need for shouting!

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JPREBEL3 Registered Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2	Ps3 usb 7.1 soundcard/ps3 tech. Mod edit: There's no need to shout, and show a little patience.

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