Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 30, 2011, at 6:21 AM, rbridge wrote: I've upped RAM to 1Gb, OS is up to 10.4.11, and I'm trying to support Eyeball 2.0 Webcam/mike pkg by speeding up the USB to 2.0. I added a generic USB 2.0 PCI card with four ext and one int. port, but the machine doesn't seem to acknowledge it.

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 30-06-2011 15:21, rbridge ha scritto: I added a generic USB 2.0 PCI card with four ext and one int. port, but the machine doesn't seem to acknowledge it...still no action at the webcam, unless I plug it into one of the two older USB 1.1 ports... So we know the webcam is ok, it just

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread faithie999
in my experience with my sawtooth, a usb2 card with the NEC chip works--but other usb cards from my parts bin with other mfr's chips don't work. the mfr of the chip is silkscreened onto the chip. ken On Jun 30, 9:21 am, rbridge rbri...@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: I've upped RAM to 1Gb, OS is up

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread peterhaas
in my experience with my sawtooth, a usb2 card with the NEC chip works--but other usb cards from my parts bin with other mfr's chips don't work. the mfr of the chip is silkscreened onto the chip. TI's chip set is the gold standard for USB 2.0, but later VIAs work as well. However, early

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 1-07-2011 0:26, faithie999 ha scritto: in my experience with my sawtooth, a usb2 card with the NEC chip works Mhh, the USB2 card I tried (coming from a PC) has got a NEC chip, but it was problematic nevertheless. Maybe not all the NEC chips are created equal. ;-) -- You received

Re: Upgrading G4 PowerMac AGP Graphics (Sawtooth) to USB 2.0

2011-06-30 Thread Sean Carroll
I added a generic USB 2.0 PCI card with four ext and one int. port, but the machine doesn't seem to acknowledge it Did you press the CUDA button to reset the PMU after you installed the PCI card? If it works at some point, do I end up with two USB buses? Yes. It's not a problem. Sean