USB Hub using a USB Y-Cable for more power?

[MScrip]

I use a laptop that only has 3 USB ports... and I like using a corded mouse and an external hard drive that takes up the other 2 ports.

Since a USB Y-cable provides more power... could I use that to hook into the hub?

I want to hook one of these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-m...LQD7Y/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0

into one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...escription=BELKIN F5U304-WHT USB 2.0 Plus Hub

Would that provide more power to the hub... without having to use the AC adapter with the hub?

I really wish someone made a simple hub like this with 2 plugs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowI...00MINI 4 Port Notebook Sized Mini USB 2.0 Hub

 

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I think you'll still run into the current limit since your only connection to power is through a single mini-b.

 

[MScrip]

Portable hard drive cables have a mini-B on one end, and dual USB plugs on the other... one for data and an extra plug for more power.

I was just suggesting that concept for adding a little more power to the entire hub.

I'd gladly turn 2 USB ports into 4.