---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: My Quicksilver Date: Samstag 09 Oktober 2010N From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> On Oct 9, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > > On Oct 9, 1:56 am, Stephen Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, we know the HD is dying and the Ethernet port is flakey > >> HOWEVER, will any ethernet card I buy at Walmart work in this thing? > > > > I would be more confident with a USB to Ethernet adaptor. Check the > > user reviews with various machines: > > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB442Z/A > > Poor advice. Any Realtek 8169 based ethernet card will work; Trendnet > sells a 10/100 ethernet card pretty cheaply that works out of the box. > > <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/osx/os_x_network_cards.html> I used a Realtek 8169 PCI card in my Power Mac G4 AGP 400 MHz and it was very much slower than the build-in Ethernet port. I don't know why. Maybe the card was faulty? Used to work in a PC before… but wasn't used for a long time. Maybe it was broken… Anyway, yes, any RTL8169 PCI card should do the job. Mine was recognized out- of-the-box. A very simple plug-and-use installation. I used Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (maybe there was my problem… 400 MHz!). Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
