Can you turn power off of the USB ports

I have a powerbook g4 800 and it has an external fan that is powered by USB. When I put the computer to sleep and have the power adapter not plugged in, the fan still gets power. So I occasionally have the power completely drained after the laptop was in sleep. Usually I remember to shut off the fan, but it's an extra step that seems like it could be solved by setting something somewhere to power down USB on sleep.

Unfortunately the Mac holds the USB ports in an active state to allow mice and keyboards to wake the machine - I don't know of any way to change this.

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