> I installed 8.6 because I installed an Ethernet card (Asante) so I > wouldn't need to use the built-in Ethernet This card needs 8.6 or higher to > work . This card is in Slot F on my machine. I assume this is also slot 6 . > or we could also call it The-Slot-Nearest-The-Bottom-Of-The-Tower. > In slot 3 is the twin turbo card. In slot 4 is the pci-bridge card. In slot > 5 , a old mach64 card. > slot 2 is empty and slot 1 has the small card with the > printer,modem,Ethernet hookups that come with the s900. I can't get the > machine to recognize the Asante card. > > When I run Apple System Profiler, it only lists the twin turbo and the > pci-bridge card, in slot B1 and C1 respectively. Should I re-arrange these > cards? and if so, how ? Any recommendations,tips,comments, suggestions > would be GREATLY appreciated!
PCI slots A and B (upper slots) are always prefered in the S900. Slot C - F are controled by a PCI-PCI bridge which has some problems with bus master cards. A and B are also faster, it's always a good idea to place your main graphics card there. My suggestion: Asante in slot B, Mach64 in slot A, Twin Turbo in slot C. Use the latest (4.06) drivers for the Twin Turbo, it will work fine in the lower slots. > Problem 2 : CD problems > > I have , I believe, the stock CD that came with the s900; the machine was a > gift. ASP says it is a MASHITA CD-ROM CR-506, Revision no. 8505, Driver ver. > 5.0.1 > I have the CD-ROM Toolkit extension ver 2.3.2 enabled. the Apple drivers > are disabled. > The problem is it won't read any CD when I put it in the drive. > Do I need a different driver? a new CD? Once again, any > recommendations,tips,comments, suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! > Did you try the Apple drivers? My Matshita (12x) works fine without CDT. If they don't work, try the old Apple CD driver (5.3.1), it works with most SCSI drives. Download it here: http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk.shtml You can also try the Toast Reader extension. > I also want to replace this drive with a RW/DVD drive and would like to > get your comments and recommendation on which brand to buy. Or if someone on > the list has a reliable, working one that they would be interested in > selling, let me know. I use a very cheap, but very reliable LiteOn CDRW (12/10/32), connected to a Acard ATA66 PCI card (which works fine in the lower slots). The internal ATA route is much cheaper than using external SCSI or FireWire devices, the ATA card costs $59 at OWC (www.macsales.com). You can get a 48x IDE burner for the same price. For compatibility, check this: http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso Hope this helps, Chrisso -- 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:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
