Herbert Goodfriend wrote: > In order to get USB 2.0 functionality on my G4 MDD 2003 1.25GHz > tower, I installed a USB 2.0 PCI card. > > After initially working well, devices (two iPods and three flash > drives) plugged in to the ports on the card would not mount on the > desktop. Apparently they were not recognized, as when I unplugged > them I did not get any "Device Removal" warning. > > This happened with three different cards; the first was an Adaptec > 3200, the second I don't remember, and the current one is an IO Gear > card. I have tried installing the cards in different slots and it > makes no difference. > > When the machine is rebooted, the cards work again for awhile (time > period varies) before once again failing.
It sounds like the computer is going to sleep and not recognizing the card and or devices after waking. This is a common problem with USB PCI cards. To verify it, start up the computer from off, check each USB device for connectivity, use the Sleep command in the Apple Menu to put the computer to sleep, wake it up then check for connectivity. I have been looking for a solution myself. I have heard of some cards that don't have the problem but in several cases it turns out the individual making the claim didn't have sleep on or something else. And the two I've tried still didn't work properly with sleep. AFAIK the only real work around is to disable computer sleep which I would rather not do. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
