03-23-2006, 04:09 PM
I have an Epson 1670 scanner, a MDD G4, and I wish I could answer your question, but I can't because when I put a USB 2 PCI card into the computer I started having big problems before I could even test out the difference in the scanner speed. There is a known problem with MDD's and USB 2 PCI cards - very often the computer will not wake up from sleep with one of those cards installed, especially if there is some kind of drive attached to the USB 2 card. I had a USB 2 hub connected to the card that also was a flash card reader (like for digital camera cards) and my computer basically "freaked out" - a had a whole slew of problems beyond just the sleep issue. The most peculiar thing is that after I removed the USB 2 PCI card I still had problems with the hub/card reader. I even tried the hub/card reader on another computer and it made that computer freak out as well. I had had the hub/card reader for several months before connecting it to the USB 2 PCI card and never had any problems with it. Somehow, the USB 2 PCI card seemed to have ruined the hub (I ended up throwing it away).
I don't suppose it is likely you would be unfortunate enough to have the odd problems I had with a USB 2 PCI card, but the sleep thing is a definite issue to watch out for and if you are especially unfortunate (like me) it may cause even bigger problems.
I don't suppose it is likely you would be unfortunate enough to have the odd problems I had with a USB 2 PCI card, but the sleep thing is a definite issue to watch out for and if you are especially unfortunate (like me) it may cause even bigger problems.