[G4] Keyboard and USB

[John Turner]

Thanks for the help. I am sure the Mac itself has USB 1.1. The  
keyboard does come with 2 USB2 ports.I guess that will not be  
overcome the USB problems. Do you have any ideas for an alternative  
to this problem? I guess that I have 2 choices, get another kind of  
drive or have the ports installed.

John



On Aug 23, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Alan Kidner wrote:

> Hi John
>
> I can answer just part of your message.  As the external USB drive  
> has its own power it should work when plugged in to your new  
> keyboard.  However, although the keyboard has a built in USB 2 hub  
> you will not get USB 2 performance unless the keyboard is connected  
> to a USB 2 port on your computer.  I am not familiar with all the  
> G4 specifications but I think  it's true to say that you are  
> unlikely to have a USB 2 port unless a PCI card adding this  
> functionality has been added since its manufacture.
>
> Sorry I can't answer your questions about startup drives.
>
> Best regards,   Alan
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -
> John Turner wrote:
>>
>>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 10:20 AM, John Turner wrote:
>>> Hi Guys!
>>>
>>> I thought that I sent this note yesterday but I apparently did  
>>> not. I am getting ready to purchase a new keyboard for my G4  
>>> today or tomorrow. The one that I am ordering is a Mac keyboard  
>>> with two USB2 plugs. I also have a 250-Gig external hard drive by  
>>> LaCie it is a USB drive. I have been told that a USB drive cannot  
>>> be a startup drive. I can't get it recognized in the Startup  
>>> preference. It does work as a great backup drive for me. There  
>>> has been some talk that a USB 2 drive can act as a startup drive.  
>>> Is that true? Do I have to buy another drive or is there some way  
>>> to work around it? Will the USB 2 ports on the keyboard work if I  
>>> plug in the external drive there. The drive has its own power  
>>> supply so it keeps running wether or not the computer is plugged  
>>> in or not.
>>>
>>> John Turner
>>> thebear1 at rcn.com
>>
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