What good are the USB 1.1 ports that are on some keyboards?

[clintox]

I have two different keyboards. They both have two usb ports that I can plug something in. I'd like to put a flash drive in one or use it to charge phone with a short cable. I get the "usb hub power exceeded" error. I understand they aren't a powered hub, but what use are they then? What can you actually plug in these and have it function?

 

[weilin]

Are you getting that error with a USB flash drive? or just when you're charging your phone? which model keyboard is it?

 

[clintox]

Are you getting that error with a USB flash drive? or just when you're charging your phone? which model keyboard is it?

Hello, thank you for replying. Yes, I'm getting it with a flash drive. I haven't tried charging phone, but I doubt it would work. It was just an example of what I'd like to use it for. One is a Dell 0TH836 Y-UK-DEL1 USB Keyboard (TH836), and the other is a Logitech G15 Keyboard Model Y-UG75 P/N 867619-0403. It just seems like they are good for nothing. Why even put them on keyboards?

 

[BFG-9000]

Those ports are for USB mice, especially those laptop mice with really short cords.

USB 1.1 is too slow for a flash drive. 12Mbit/s is equivalent to one floppy disk per second which is ridiculously slow nowadays.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Buy a mains-powered USB hub if you want more ports you can use for literally any USB device (external/portable hard drives, flash media, phone charging etc).

 

[USAFRet]

I have two different keyboards. They both have two usb ports that I can plug something in. I'd like to put a flash drive in one or use it to charge phone with a short cable. I get the "usb hub power exceeded" error. I understand they aren't a powered hub, but what use are they then? What can you actually plug in these and have it function?

Wireless mouse dongle.