Lt Major Burns
"Dicky" Charlteston-Burns
as the flagship apple mac has only 3 usb slots, i quickly ran out. i installed a no-brand, dabs value usb2 expansion, with 4 external and 1 internal usb2 slots. no software was needed, they all started working perfectly.
within a few weeks, i notcied my shuffle wasn't charging in the front usb slot where it usually lives. it transferred ok, but didn't charge at all... strange.
i then started getting "[blah] is draining too much power from the usb slot. stopping this slot now" and it would kill the first usb slot in my keyboard until next login. that's 2 not working properly.
then my keyboard stopped working. it said it was looking for bluetooth keyboard. (i don't have one, the usb keybard was plugged into the back of my display.) it was then, i realised my display usb wasn't working. but sometimes does. i put this all down to a fault in the usb at the back where the display was plugged in. but then the shuffle worked fine in that.
at this point i have nearly everything plugged into the usb2 card, looking like a dirty pc, as it was the only thing left that worked.
i ran the apple hardware test, having ripped it out cos it told me to. it passed, no issues.
i havent put it back in and now everything works. except i have 4 less usb slots, that i really do need (mouse, shuffle, usb key, keyboard, scanner, printer, usb2 external harddrive, display, camera)
why did this cause a conflict?
within a few weeks, i notcied my shuffle wasn't charging in the front usb slot where it usually lives. it transferred ok, but didn't charge at all... strange.
i then started getting "[blah] is draining too much power from the usb slot. stopping this slot now" and it would kill the first usb slot in my keyboard until next login. that's 2 not working properly.
then my keyboard stopped working. it said it was looking for bluetooth keyboard. (i don't have one, the usb keybard was plugged into the back of my display.) it was then, i realised my display usb wasn't working. but sometimes does. i put this all down to a fault in the usb at the back where the display was plugged in. but then the shuffle worked fine in that.
at this point i have nearly everything plugged into the usb2 card, looking like a dirty pc, as it was the only thing left that worked.
i ran the apple hardware test, having ripped it out cos it told me to. it passed, no issues.
i havent put it back in and now everything works. except i have 4 less usb slots, that i really do need (mouse, shuffle, usb key, keyboard, scanner, printer, usb2 external harddrive, display, camera)
why did this cause a conflict?