> -----Original Message----- > From: Mac UK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob > Bonnington > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:53 AM > To: Mac UK > Subject: 233 MHz Powerbook G3-USB pc card Canon Lide 20 Scanner won't > mount > > > Last night I had a call from my daughter. (She and her Mac are 150 miles > away so I can�t �tinker� with it). > > She had bought on Saturday a USB scanner from John Lewis to connect to her > Powerbook 233MHz G3 with two pc card slots. > > Her Mac has a USB card and a Firewire card installed in the slots. > The scanner is a Canon Lide 20 Scanner and takes its power from the USB > port. > > Needless to say she can�t get the scanner to mount. > > So I can help her I would be interested to know if you: > > Q1 can you run such a scanner from a Powerbook 233MHz G3 > using a USB pc > slot card? > This will probably not work, most 'PC' card USB cards can only supply a VERY limited amount of power, (not enough for USB powered devices like Scanners or printers, but enough for low powered devices like keyboards/mice/web-cams etc) the easy answer is to get a POWERED hub and plug it through that. Ben.
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