Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-14 Thread Geke
Thanks a lot everyone, for all the response! For the card reader, it seems I got the picture now: An older CompactFlash card works almost normally (Warning: number of clusters (62844) exceeds FAT capacity (62720)). Only the new SD-card doesn't work in it, maybe because it's SDHC and the reader

Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:39 AM, Geke wrote: For the card reader, it seems I got the picture now: An older CompactFlash card works almost normally (Warning: number of clusters (62844) exceeds FAT capacity (62720)). Only the new SD-card doesn't work in it, maybe because it's SDHC and the

G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-13 Thread Geke
My Powermac G4 digital audio doesn't recognize a new card reader and MP4 player, but it does recognize my older digital camera and MP3 player. Both card reader and MP4 player are recognized on a Windows XP computer which also has USB 1.1 only. Can something have become corrupt in the OS

Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-13 Thread Lodewijk Hartong
First of all, is Geke your name? My mother is also called Geke. Secondly, USB devices are Plug 'n Play, that means you don't need any drivers. It could be a corrupt OS but also a corrupt firmware. Check both of them and try again. Op 13-jul-2009, om 15:49 heeft Geke het volgende geschreven:

Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 13, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Geke wrote: My Powermac G4 digital audio doesn't recognize a new card reader and MP4 player, but it does recognize my older digital camera and MP3 player. Both card reader and MP4 player are recognized on a Windows XP computer which also has USB 1.1 only.

Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-13 Thread Dan
At 6:49 AM -0700 7/13/2009, Geke wrote: My Powermac G4 digital audio doesn't recognize a new card reader and MP4 player, but it does recognize my older digital camera and MP3 player. Open Console.app (it's in /Applications/Utilities). Set it to view system.log. Then plug in the devices and

Re: G4 with Tiger has problems recognizing USB drives

2009-07-13 Thread Dan
At 4:50 PM +0200 7/13/2009, Lodewijk Hartong wrote: Secondly, USB devices are Plug 'n Play, that means you don't need any drivers. That's incorrect. While the USB functionality is there, some devices DO require specialized drivers. In fact, I have several devices, like Zio USB SmartMedia