Installing the Apple USB driver has enabled me to use not just one, but two PCI USB cards simultaneously in my PowerTower. One is a Belkin, the other a no-name card. You can fund the drivers at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=31132
on 3/11/03 9:52 PM, Jim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Power Computing PowerCenter 120 which I have upgraded slightly. I > added 128mb of ram, replaced the cmos battery, and added a PCI USB card. > > First, the USB card is not that important as I just don't use USB devices. > I'm only adding it just to test and learn more about the Mac and this > machine. > > Here's the issue. > > The USB card is a USB card that works in any standard PC. If I were to take > this card and put it into a PC it would load the drivers, almost > automatically, and I'd be able to use a device connected to it. > > After putting it into the PowerCenter 120 I checked with system profiler to > see if it saw the card. It did. When I went to exit the system profile I > got the bomb that required me to restart the machine. No biggy because if > this is a problem I can just remove the card. Remember, I'm doing this just > to learn. > > The question that comes to mind is: Do these Power Computing clones with > the PCI slots actually support *all* PC based PCI cards. Note: I know that > not all PCI card manufacturers provide drivers for the Mac community. That > isn't my question though. The question is, do the macintosh computers > support all PCI cards. > > What keeps coming to mind is that the PCI cards for the PC world are > interrupt driven. I don't believe the macintoshes are interrupt driven. > > Any input would be appreciated. > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
