Keyboard USB ports with powered hub?

[ZoSo]

I'd like to use my USB ports on my keyboard for flash drives, when I try I get a message saying "USB Hub Power Exceeded".
I was wondering if I attached the keyboard itself to a powered hub would I then be able to connect flash drives to it?

TIA

 

[bruceb]

No. But if you plug a powered USB Hub into the USB port on the keyboard, then the ports on the Hub will have plenty of power.

 

[corkyg]

If you have a powered hub, you can try it either way and see what happens. It can't hurt anything. USB ports are set to supply about 5vdc. Bruceb's solution definitely will work.

 

[Peter]

If you've got the keyboard directly on the computer now, then no, plugging it into a self-powered hub won't change how much stuff you can plug into the keyboard. That's because the computer itself counts as a "powered" USB hub as well (quite obviously).

bruceb is technically correct ... however I'd plug the powered hub into the computer, not into the keyboard. That's because I like to move the keyboard around on my desk, and the more wires attach to it, the more immobile will it become.