PC Card to Express34 card adapter

Hello,
I am using a PC Card to Express34 card adapter with my MBP 2.4 GHz Early 2008 Model with a Verizon wireless PC 5750 card. It works fine after a reboot but every time the computer goes to sleep it no longer is recognized. The slot works fine as I can get my Sonnet Multimedia reader to work fine. Any ideas how I can maybe restart the port after it goes to sleep or any other ideas? Thanks.

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The problem with these adapters is they don't provide bus power. This will mean you'll probably want a wall powered hub to attach to the PCMCIA card for any devices which need bus power, such as iPods, and other portable peripherals. This article discusses the options available:
http://www.macopinion.com/index.php/site/more/usb20_for_older_cardbuspowerbooks/

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