Concerning the use of a USB PCI card in a 9600, I've used two different no-name cards that I got on eBay in an 8600 successfully. The pure USB 2-port card required downloading the USB 1.4.1 driver from the Apple download website. Once the driver was installed, the little card worked fine. The 8-port combo USB/Firewire card probably uses the same driver, but it also came with a mini-CD with drivers. The drivers were all named in PC-ese, but I was able to determine which to use, and the machine recognized it and anything attached without a hitch. I've used both of these cards for over a year. The 8-port card is now installed in my B&W G3 and works great.
John Black Nashville, TN ********************************************** Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 17:47:42 -0500 From: Donald Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SUCCESS!!, was Re: g-3 died on us I'll hope this isn't too dumb a question, but in my beige G3 DT 300MHz running OS 9.1, after I installed an Adaptec USB PCI card ( USB 1.1 / 2.0 ) it recognized a USB digital camera and a USB flash drive with no other separate installations. However in a PPC 9600 with G3 400MHz upgrade, the PCI USB card and anything attached to it are not recognized. In the OS 9.1 operating system installation the USB extensions were not installed as part of the "easy install" routine. Can they be installed as a separate "custom install", or can they be just "dragged over" or is there a separate extension I need to install. ( i.e. is the "Apple USB card fix" mentioned below what I need ) to get the USB 1.1 card recognized? If so what is the name or description of the "Apple USB card fix" that I need to download? Thank you, Don "A.Tuazon" wrote: > > You'll need to find a USB v1.1 PCI card and install the USB card fix from > Apple in order for it to work on your machine. OS 9.1 or OS 9.2 WILL NOT > recognize a USB v2.0 PCI card even with the Apple USB card fix. I've tried > it on my 7300 and my 9500 and couldn't get it to work at all. However as > stated before v.1.1 will work in any PCI Mac running at least OS 8.5 and up. > ------------------------------> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
