StarTech PCI USB 2.0 card

hi, I have a StarTech USB PCI card, # PCI425USB and at first was immediately impressed, but after susbequent failures, I am left wondering why it keeps going "dead?"
I have an MDD PowerMac dual 867 G4 with 1Gb of RAM, but for whatever reason, if the machine sleeps or is in low power mode with either an iPod or an external drive attached, the card stops working and the machine locks up and cannot be woken up unless hard-booted. It's very frustrating as I have to uninstall the card, reboot sans card, shutdown and then reinsall to see any results. There's also a D-link bluetooth adapter and an M-Adio Delta 2496 PCI card.
There must be an easier way. PLEASE HELP.

Thanks for the reply Donny. I've swapped the card in and out of all the available slots, but it pretty much seems to come down to NOT letting my machine go into low power/sleep mode whilst any peripherals (iPod or ext. HD are connected).
I have contacted Star Tech. I guess it's the simple thing of getting what you pay for... The card was only about $12 on CDW.
As long as I make sure not to let my machine go into low power/sleep mode with device attached to that card, I should be cool.
Now, if I could just figure out how to keep my Linksys wireless router from disconnecting my original Airport card in the same G4 DP machine, I'd be set!!
Good thing I just took delivery on my new BlacBook...

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