Re: 5th Gen iPod 'Hmmm'ness
- From: usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Woody)
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:37:30 +0000
Jim <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, so I now have a 30GB white 5th gen iPod. As I have a G4 tower I've
> also bought a 4 port USB2 PCI card (Belkin).
>
> The G4 is seeing the card fine. The iPod mounts fine, charges fine etc.
>
> However...and you knew there'd be a 'however'...there's two small flies
> in the pizza: (1) the machine now takes a long time to go into full
> sleep if the iPod is connnected (whether mounted or not). Normally it
> takes about 5 seconds to go into sleep, now it's taking upwards of a
> minute, maybe even three. This isn't too bad, but (2) when it wakes up
> you get the 'a device was removed incorrectly and any files on it are
> now in Alaska'-type message.
>
> Given that the iPod doesn't charge when the machine sleeps (another
> downside compared to Firewire) it won't be too bad if I just unmount and
> disconnect the thing, but this just doesn't sound normal.
>
> I assume that it's the USB2 card that's the culprit and that another
> (different branded) card may (or may not) cure this.
It doesn't seem to happen on mine.
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Woody
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