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July 19, 2005
My iPod doesn't work with my old PC's USB card
I bought an iPod last week.
I want to get it work with my old PC, a P3 733MHz box without USB 2.0 port.
iPod's manual said it won't work with USB 1.1 port, but actually it works without a problem.
It popups a dialog say this equipment may run faster with USB 2.0 port, blah blah blah.
I tried it with a NEC chipset USB 2.0 card.
The result is fantastic,
1) with a black USB extension cable -> unrecognized device
2) with a transparent USB extension cable (it is shorter than the black one) -> iPod is mounted as a blank disc (it scares me)
3) without extend line -> iPod is mounted correctly, but both iTunes and iPod updater can't recognize it.
I think maybe the problem is iPod need high power USB port.
Finally I gave up and returned to my Powerbook.
At that time I got a -36 error while syncing my photos with iPhoto, and iPhoto crashed once.
I deleted my photos and tried again, error disappeared.
Bad lucky day.
Reference: http://girr.org/mac_stuff/usb_stuff.html
Posted by ginn at July 19, 2005 2:36 PM
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