Mike originally asked: >I posted a question to the PCI PM list a couple weeks ago re a n NEC >5 port USB 2.0 card. My question was "will it work on my 8500?" > >Someone responded saying that as long as it was OHCI compliant that >it would work. Well I ended up purchasing a similar 2 port 2.0 USB >card (with NEC chipset) on eBay and the card was described as "NEW >PCI USB 2.0 CARD 2 Ports for MAC or PC". > > I installed the card and USB Card Adapter Support 1.4.1 and all >software and drivers for my Fuji Finepix 3800 digital camera and USB >zip. Nothing works. My system seems to see the card but only gives >the card name as "pci 3083, e0" and vendor ID as "1033". Nothing >else. > >I searched all specs on the card and 8500 and found the card says >"32-bit 33 Mhz host interface compliant to PCI specification >release 2.2". The 8500 PCI 2.0 specification. > >Golly, could this be the problem? Backwards compatibility...Yes? No? > >Mike >
Heok Hee Responded: > >Golly, could this be the problem? Backwards compatibility...Yes? No? >> >What OS are you using? There are problems with PCI USB cards and OS >9.2.2 in that the system Profiler recognizes the card, but not the >devices attached to it. > >Heok Hee 8500/Powerlogix G3 350/256 MB/OS 8.6 The card info says it supports OS X. Probably that means ONLY OS X, eh? I suppose the add-on G3 could also be an issue. But I still would like to know about the compatibility of the different PCI specifications that I was previously unaware existed. PCI 2.0 vs. 2.2 Mike -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
