[G4] Snapped USB port

Harry Freeman harry at gifutiger.com
Fri Aug 17 18:48:33 PDT 2007


On Aug 17, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Roger Snyder wrote:

>     I don't believe that it converts from Firewire to USB, it is only 
> two
> hubs, a USB and a Firewire, in one package.
>
>     Converting from one to another is much more complicated than a 
> hub. You
> really need a computer, which is why you don't find a USB to Firewire 
> (or
> visa versa) adapter.
>
>     Its like a USB/Firewire drive. You can connect the drive to a 
> Firewire
> port on a computer, but you can not connect a USB device to the drive's
> other port, only to the drive's second Firewire port.
>
> -Roger
>
> On 8/17/07 17:59, "Harry Freeman" wrote:
>
>> Greetings ( + )!( + )
>>
>> You can get a 3-Port FireWire/4-Port USB 2.0 Combo Hub which will
>> connect to your USB or Firewire port and will allow you to connect
>> either USB 2.0 devices' or Firewire devices via either the USB or the
>> Firewire port.
>>
>> It's available at
>> http://www.campustech.com/c/campust/GUH420.html?id=hSr8STWY&mv_pc=211
>> for $29.95.
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> On Aug 17, 2007, at 11:37 AM, 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?
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers, /\*_*/\
>>
>> Harry (*^_^*)
>> * If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the opposite of 
>> progress?
>> Congress!
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>> Washington, DC
>>
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>
> -- Roger

Greetings ( + )!( + )

Roger, I re-read the product description and I believe that you are 
right, however the way they described the part it sure sounded like it 
converted USB to Firewire and visa-versa.
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Cheers, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)
* If pro is the opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress? 
Congress!
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Washington, DC



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