> From: Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 15:11:45 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(SuperMacs List) > Subject: Re: [SM] Firewire and the s900 - A pilgrim's progress (part 2) > > At 14:07 -0500 12/08/2002, Charles Estabrooks wrote: >> on 12/7/02 3:30 PM, John Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps others in this forum who are succesfully using "combo cards" >>> in s900's and j700's would report as to which card brands are working for >>> them, particularly if the card is seated in one of the "lower >>> slots" on either >>> the s900 or j700. >> >> I have the Sonnet Tango Firewire/USB card. Caused a system freeze during >> startup when in the lower four slots. Sonnet advised to put in top two >> slots and it works fine, although I don'd have any FireWire devices >> connected only USB. >> >> Charles > > Charles, do you have the Firewire drivers in your Extensions Folder? > If so, you might be able to get the card to work in the lower slots > if you disable the Firewire extensions. If your configuration is > good now, it's kind of a pointless exercise, but my experience was > that the FW/USB cards I tried tended to freeze in the lower slots > when the Firewire drivers loaded. > > Jeff Walther >
i found the FWB fire wire drivers to be a complete disaster, when using firewire on the s900.( spent 1 week with fwb suport and disassemblers/stack traces etc) I spent over 3 weeks with the macally card , trying to get it to work, in the end, i added an extra power supply to the actual drive ( instead of trying to pull power over the cable) and it kicked into life first time. ever since then i'm a convert. steve -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
