>>> 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, 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: When the Tango card was in the lower four slots the system froze before even loading extensions. And this was before I had installed any of the USB or FireWire extensions. Charles -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
