Herbert Goodfriend wrote: > About two years ago, I installed a new Adaptec 3200 series USB 2.0 > PCI card in my G4 MDD 2003 1.25GHz PowerMac. It worked fine with my > scanner but it did not always recognize my iPod (first the mini, then > the nano). It would recognize it immediately after the computer was > booted up; after that it was hit-and-miss (mostly miss). > > More recently, I have tried two other cards, an I/O Gear and a Syba, > the latter billed as having "the quality NEC chipset." Neither of > them improved the situation. > > Occasionally the card will also fail to recognize a USB flash drive. > This happens much less frequently than the failure to recognize the > iPod, but perhaps it is a clue. Also, there is an installed USB 1.1 > card that always recognizes the iPods. > > Any idea as to what might be happening here would be appreciated.
It's likely you are running afoul of sleep. I haven't used a USB card on a G4 yet that didn't have problems with the computer sleeping. At best they simple don't do anything after waking from sleep, at worst they hang the computer before or after it sleeps. I've heard reports the NEC chipset doesn't have a problem but apparently that isn't (always) the case. As far as I've found out, the only options are to restart the computer before using the interface or to set the computer to not sleep. Note that this isn't display sleep but computer sleep. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
