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Hi
I have a Mac Mini 1.33 HHz PowerPC G4 with OS X 10.5.6
One of the USB ports is behaving strangely.
If I plug in a flash drive or a webcam, these simply fail to operate (i.e. the USB flash drive does not appear, the webcam does not appear to be connected).
However, if I go into System Profiler and click on USB, the correct info about whichever device is plugged into the port appears (i.e. if the webcam is plugged in, it reports the name and details of the webcam and says it is active).
Also, if I plug the printer in to this USB port, it always works.
Any ideas what the problem may be? I thought it might be a physical problem with the port, but given that the info is showing up in the system profiler, and the printer is working, this seems unlikely, I think?
The equipment I am plugging in works on other devices/ports.
Thanks!
I have a Mac Mini 1.33 HHz PowerPC G4 with OS X 10.5.6
One of the USB ports is behaving strangely.
If I plug in a flash drive or a webcam, these simply fail to operate (i.e. the USB flash drive does not appear, the webcam does not appear to be connected).
However, if I go into System Profiler and click on USB, the correct info about whichever device is plugged into the port appears (i.e. if the webcam is plugged in, it reports the name and details of the webcam and says it is active).
Also, if I plug the printer in to this USB port, it always works.
Any ideas what the problem may be? I thought it might be a physical problem with the port, but given that the info is showing up in the system profiler, and the printer is working, this seems unlikely, I think?
The equipment I am plugging in works on other devices/ports.
Thanks!