Is the usb port part of the original machine or was it added...perhaps
by a pcmcia card? If there is a stock/original usb port, the standard
software should have made it work. However, if the port is on a pcmcia
card, or some other added hardware, then you probably need the software
that came with that hardware, or maybe an updated version of it. (I
know there were no usb ports on the Wallstreets, PB 100, 140, 145, 150,
160, 165, 180, 180c, 1400, 3400, 3500 models....but I never had a
Pismo...so I can't be sure about that one.)
On 5/18/11 5:14 PM, steve roche wrote:
Hello-
Since last week's crash of my Pismo and my new install of OSX 10.4.11
and all the updates,
it's working well except for one thing: If I plug in a USB thumb
drive, it does not show up.
Another thumb drive, nothing. I have a floppy disc player (for my
really old digital camera)
and that has a USB plug; it doesn't show up either. It used to. And
I'd download pics onto the desktop of the computer this way.
I have another laptop, an iBook G3, which reads these thumb drives,
and the old floppy disc reader.
I have checked System Profiler for these drives; they are not there.
They are not in the Finder window. They are not listed as drives in
the Disk Utility.
In Finder Preferences, I have all the boxes checked to show (HD,
Disk,IPOD, etc)..
but "External Drives" is not there to check. Maybe that's on 10.5
Leopard, but it's not on my 10.4.11 pismo.
Other than doing all the Verify Permissions and Repair Permissions
stuff, is there some driver I missed downloading which will enable the
Pismo to recognize its own USB ports?
I tried to download some usb/audio sofware but that site is no longer,
and Apple's de-bugging usb software page wants me to be a registered
member ($$$) or a technician.
Does sticking a thumb drive in (with a harmless file on it) and
re-starting the Pismo while
holding down "c" or something... will that force it to boot up and
recognize the usb port?
Is there downloadable basic software which makes a Mac read a USB port?
thanks,
steve
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