[Cube] Firewire Hub?

[Christian Leue]

Hi Cube experts,

I am experiencing unusual behavior of devices on the Firewire bus of 
the Cube which I assume are due to too much electrical demand on the 
Cube, since iPod, iSight and EyeTV take their supply off the bus.

So, I wanted to install a self-powered hub. I chose a no-name device on 
eBay and connected everything, but once I turned on the Cube, the power 
supply of the hub went up in smoke. Assuming it was a faulty power 
supply, I had it replaced only to smell fried electronics a second 
time. Fortunately. no devices were hurt except for the hub's power 
supply.

Can somebody recommend any self-powered hub (besides the Belkin, which 
seems to be the favorite over on Cubeowner) which runs fine on the 
Cube? Do units exist that ignore any power present on the "uplink" to 
the Cube, and supply all devices with power generated by the hub 
itself? It seems this would relieve the already heavily burdened Cube 
power supply a bit.

Cheers,
Christian