[G4] Re: KeySpan USB Card

Mel Krewall mkrewall at mac.com
Thu Jan 6 17:52:10 PST 2005


I don't remember if they addressed combos or not, but the site has a 
pretty good search tool. You could probably find it if your model has 
been reported on.
Mel

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complicated than that."
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On Jan 6, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> On 6 Jan, 2005, at 17:05, Mel Krewall wrote:
>
> xlr8yourmac.com has some reports on the site, and it seems that 
> virtually all USB and FireWire cards cause trouble with deep sleep, 
> either preventing it or putting CPUs into comas. I had a FireWire card 
> that would not allow my Quicksilver 2002 to go into deep sleep. I 
> emailed OWC's tech support about it at the time and they responded 
> that they did not know of any FireWire cards that did support deep 
> sleep.
>
> Did you notice whether those reports mentioned combination 
> USB/FireWire cards? I have a PCI combination (3 USB/2 FireWire) card 
> that came out of a PM 7300/200 that I am considering installing in my 
> G4 Gbit Ethernet to get more access sockets.
>
> I am a bit limited for electrical outlets near my computer desk and 
> don't want to use a power strip if I can avoid them. My current setup 
> has one outlet left available and I could plug in one power converter 
> for a hub if that is the only alternative. Unfortunately, that would 
> mean that I have to use an extension power cord for my scanner or any 
> other external device.
>
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