If the USB card is in the Mac when you install OS 8.6 and later the OS will add the drivers needed for USB, but no USB card, no USB drivers are installed.
Such as your case, you just need to install USB support extensions. I have a Belekin card and it works fine in every PCI Mac of mine from a 5500 to a B&W G3.
Your first card probably was compatible as well since it showed in the profiler but didn't have the extensions to run it.
Ron
On Sunday, October 17, 2004, at 07:10 AM, Paul Anderson wrote:
Hi,
I'm in the UK and have had an Apple PowerMac 7500 for many years now - my
elder sister bought it new. It is currently upgraded to a 180 MHz 604 and
has a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI graphics card, all without problem. I use OS 9.1
with all current updates.
I am hoping to upgrade to another Mac and give this one to my youngest
sister as her first computer. I have a problem in that my Epson printer is
broken and serial interface printers are no longer available. I have
therefore been looking to install a USB 1 PCI card (the machine won't be
fast enough for USB 2) so that I can get a USB printer (as well as memory
stick, camera etc) and that is where the problems have occurred.
I initially purchased a cheap two port PCI USB card from a PC supplier as
the box confirmed that it would fit Macs. It unfortunately did not seem to
work though system profiler did find it..
I have just purchased another two port card (USB 1 again) made by Belkin and
it confirms that it is (only) a Mac card. Again the card is not working.
Apple System Profiler confirms that a PCI card is fitted to port B1 and
reports on the card name (pci1045,c861), card revision (16) and vendor
(1045). It indicates that the card type, model and ROM are not available.
A similar report was given for the PC card.
I wonder if there is anything peculiar about the PCI slots on the 7500 or
is there a problem in supporting some USB 1 cards in this machine? USB
drivers are installed with OS 9.1
Note that after installation of the Belkin card I noted that hidden away on
the bottom of the box it indicated that it is for G3 / G4 Macs - card model
F5U00eaMAC. But the previous card did not work either yet my PCI graphics
card works fine (in PCI slot c1). I am wondering whether only an older USB
PCI is compatible, and if so, such would probably no longer be available.
Any help would be much appreciated in resolving this problem.
-- Regards,
Paul Anderson
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