> Adrian O'Sullivan wrote: > I never had USB (Kensington Turboball) problems until I installed the > Ultratek/66 card in Slot 1 and the Radeon 7000 card in Slot 2, and then > partitioned two different system volumes (9.1 and 8.6) on my new main > 80GB > IBM ATA/IDE drive. > > Suddenly, a few days ago, my USB mouse quit when I booted from 8.6, and > subsequently wouldn't work even when I booted from 9.1. The latter > reaccepted the mouse after I had unplugged/plugged it a few times, but > 8.6 > still won't recognize the USB device. > > In fact, I'm now getting the following weird message during 8.6 startup: > > **The USB device "Unknown Device" cannot operate because it needs more > power than is available.** >
Adrian, I don't have a solid answer to your problem but will take a shot at it. USB is flaky in our older systems. You might have to put up with the unplugging/replugging in OS 9. I sometimes have to do that with a USB hub in OS X. This is on a new machine that has built in USB support??? You might have a Conflict. Do you have drivers and/or Control Panels installed for both mice. I don't remember how long you have been using all three OSs. Are there different drivers for each OS for the Turbo Mouse? You might also need to play around with different versions of USB support in OS 8.6 The strange error message implies that you have overdrawn the total power supplied by the PCI cards. There is a limit, but I don't know what it is on your machine. It may just be a off-the-wall sort of error message. Or, you may have to get a powered hub and connect it to the PCI card, and connect the mouse to the powered hub. Nancy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
