Thanx Nancy. Funny thing is, the USB Turboball is working again reliably under 9.1 (no more unplug/plug). For some reason, it just doesn't like my 8.6 boot. I have identical Kensington and Keyspan software installed on both volumes. I never used to have any problems with it in the "old" days when 8.6 was my only system.
Regarding USB (powered) hubs. Are they truly "universal"? In other words, can I wander into Costco and just pick one off the shelf, or do I have to get a Mac-friendly one? Adrian O'Sullivan ========== > Nancy Haitz wrote: > > 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 >> 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.** -- 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
