Title: Mac Powerbook renewed
Product review: A power surge took out one of only two USB2 ports on my old G4-17 inch Powerbook. This TRENDnet TU2-H2PC works as well as the original port, and it adds an extra port. This card even taps the computer's power, so that the ports can drive USB devices directly. While I was shopping these cards, I noticed that several of them provided only passive ports, so that connected USB2 devices would have to be self-powered; even worse, those cards would have required tapping into the remaining port to provide power. Get this card. It just works.That thunderstorm/surge also took out the Elgato 250 Plus that was connected to the fried USB2 port. Consider that some devices require a connection directly to a port, not a USB hub. The replacement 250 is connected to the TU2-H2PC and recognizes it as a motherboard port.
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