ADS Tech Dual Link Firewire/USB 2 PC card

Hi all
I purchased a ADS Tech Dual Link Firewire/USB 2 (DLX-181) PC card a couple of years ago and it worked fine under early versions of Panther. Lately when I've tried to use it, I get a kernal Panic the instant I plug it in. I'm using Tiger's drivers for it, not the driver that came with it (it was USB 2 drivers for Jaguar).
is the card no good? is there a way to reset the card bus? or to run any kind of diagonistic?
ADS tech support has been no help whatsoever.

tried the card in another powerbook and it kernal panicked immediately. the card is toast.

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Magic was, I have to have the adpter plugged into the mac, let it recognize all with the monitor powered off.
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Hi greigite,
Welcome to the Lenovo forum!
Is the Accell B087B-002B the adapter you are using? I haven't used such an adaper, but it looks very nice. It gets excellent reviews on Amazon, though at least one reviewer recommended connecting it to a powered USB hub to eliminate display flickering. You've done that already -- suppose you could try a different powered USB hub on the off chance that the first one is defective, but that seems unlikely.
You might have a look at the power-saving features of your ATI video card. I think you can right-click on your desktop to start "ATI Catalyst Control Center" (if not, think you can find it in the Start menu). One of the panels of CCC lets you adjust power saving profiles, and whether to reduce the vertical refresh rate below the usual 60 Hz. You could try turning the vertical refresh rate reduction feature off, and maybe try some different power-saving profiles.
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Best regards,
Frank
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