Well, it turns out that the replacement internal FW module does work
after all...unfortunately I only discovered this *after* I had ordered a
TI-chipset FW 400 card and thought that wasn't working either. It turns
out that my testing was at fault.
(Note to self: test FW devices with something
> ...I wasn't aware that the NEC chipset was the preferred one.
>
> The ones I briefly looked at yesterday on Amazon UK seemed to be all
> Texas Instruments, which I think is also on my G3's motherboard. I'll
> steer clear of those and try your suggestion.
The preferred USB 3.0 chip set IS NEC (n
Thanks Kelly/Peter/Luis...
...I wasn't aware that the NEC chipset was the preferred one.
The ones I briefly looked at yesterday on Amazon UK seemed to be all
Texas Instruments, which I think is also on my G3's motherboard. I'll
steer clear of those and try your suggestion.
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On 23/02
I didn't say "unusual"...I said "more unusual" :p
Which Firewire clearly is when it comes to PCI cards, compared with USB
or network adaptors.
;-)
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On 23/02/2018 22:14, W.Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
Let's see, G list and someone thinks Firewire is unusual ?
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> Best results with various other cards were found with NEC chips as well.
The NEC chipset, now renamed Renesas, is the most compatible of several
competitive chipsets.
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Let's see, G list and someone thinks Firewire is unusual ?
times have changed indeed
The calamities foretold by MacHeads here have come to pass.
The Seals are all in place now are they not?
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Hello everyone,
I use a USB and Firewire card combo from IOGEAR, that I absolutely love, in all
my PowerMacs. I did find that deep sleep issues would arise from time to time
if the driver was not installed. These cards are inexpensive on eBay. The card
in question is:
https://www.iogear.com/
I found the best results were with NEC chipped FireWire cards.
Kelly
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> I've used PCI USB2 cards in the PowerMac without issues; I wasn't sure
> about something more unusual like Firewire.
Standardization is complete, or very nearly so.
PowerMacs can accept and use USB 2.0/1.1, USB 3.0, FW 400 and FW 800 PCI
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Great...thanks.
I've used PCI USB2 cards in the PowerMac without issues; I wasn't sure
about something more unusual like Firewire.
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On 23/02/2018 16:48, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Yes, any PCI FW 400 card will work on a PCI Mac; it’s a very
standardized standard (and partly written by A
On Feb 23, 2018, at 8:22 AM, Neil Hughes
mailto:neil.hugh...@tesco.net>> wrote:
To cut a long story short, I'd like to try to get my Dazzle* Hollywood DV
bridge working and the only Mac likely to work with it is my old B&W G3
Powermac.
Unfortunately the built-in Firewire ports no longer work
To cut a long story short, I'd like to try to get my Dazzle* Hollywood
DV bridge working and the only Mac likely to work with it is my old B&W
G3 Powermac.
Unfortunately the built-in Firewire ports no longer work (a common issue
on this model I believe). Even after replacing the FW module no e
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