[G4] Snapped USB port

[Jake Holt Photography]

I would leave it for dead and just add a USB 2.0 PCI card. The USB  
ports on the DA are USB1, so the transfer rates are ungodly slow. I  
have a 1.2 Ghz DA as well, and I have both USB 2.0 and FW 800 pci  
cards that work great.


Jake Holt
Jake Holt Photography
Austin, Texas
office:  512-514-0501
cell:      512-750-4753
www.jakeholt.com


On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Tyranny Bean wrote:

> I've done a some searching and can't seem to find a FireWire to USB  
> adapter. A client of my wife was disconnecting a thumb drive from  
> the back of the computer (G4 D.A. 1.2Ghz) and snapped it out from  
> the slot. Now we're left with only 1 USB drive on the back and  
> we've got the Keyboard hooked up through that. My wife is a  
> professional photographer and this is really causing a problem with  
> her downloading photos as most card readers require a power source  
> and USB hubs don't seem to work for that. I opened up the machine  
> and the ports appear to be soldered to the mother board. Any  
> suggestions of how I can fix this, or at least get around it?
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