There are a couple, at least, of possibilities for you to explore. First, the card is from Belkin, which has not been universally reported as a satisfying experience.
Second is that, before Toast 5.0.2 (or thereabouts) Toast's and Apple's software for control of USB or FireWire devices spent more time in arm-wrestling than in doing useful work. Fix 1 is to disable the Toast extensions in Extensions Manager, either temporarily and then reboot, and Fix 2 is to set up a completely separate extensions set called whatever pleases you, without the Toast extensions, and then reboot. You have then the choice to disable the Toast crumbs at startup (or restart) by holding down spacebar until the option to change extension set appears.
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Second is that, before Toast 5.0.2 (or thereabouts) Toast's and Apple's software for control of USB or FireWire devices spent more time in arm-wrestling than in doing useful work. Fix 1 is to disable the Toast extensions in Extensions Manager, either temporarily and then reboot, and Fix 2 is to set up a completely separate extensions set called whatever pleases you, without the Toast extensions, and then reboot. You have then the choice to disable the Toast crumbs at startup (or restart) by holding down spacebar until the option to change extension set appears.
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