[G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?

[sr ferenczy]

what version of IORegistryExplorer is your? mine is 1.2.0... on the  
left hand side is a list of "service planes" that is where i first  
selected IODeviceTree, without selecting a service plane, i believe it  
defaults to IOService, which i believe is all the software side of  
things (following that, i got basically the same listings as you)

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?dpno=945264    $10.99
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp? 
product_code=301595&pfp=srch1  same thing, chumpusa $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-127 
-102&catalog=27&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1
and $13 at newegg


<sigh> yeah, it does suck that it isnt as easy to go out and buy  
hardware... =/  (or pay an arm and a leg for comparable cards -video,  
lan, USB/FW, etc...)

sandor


On Jan 22, 2004, at 10:24 PM, k s d wrote:

> Ok...
> When I start "IORegisrtyExplorer" it starts with:
> "Root"
> Clicking on Root opens:
> "PowerPac3,3"
> "Core99PE"
> "pci at f4000000"
> "AppleMacRiscPCI"
> "ethernet at f"
> "UniNEet"
> "IOEthernetInterface"
> "IONetworkStack"
> "IONetworkStackUserClient"
> END
>
> Not all matching up with yours... didn't see "IODeviceTree" or  
> "device-tree" anywhere and a find
> didn't find them either.
>
> The "look-see" checked out fine.. clean & straight. I've also  
> disconencted and reconnected the
> modem/enet cable 3 times.. checking every time to see if the  
> connection (magically) appears.
> The enet cable has only been connected/disconencted from the enet port  
> 3 times ever. I never
> had any other network cables conencted to the machine so it's no real  
> big surprise that everything
> there looks good.
>
> I'll order the Linksys broadband router tomorrow... I can't seem to  
> find any Mac-compatable cards
> on the net for under $30... sucks compared to the $6-$10 (or free  
> after rebate) cards offered to
> PC users.
>
> .....pulling my hair out....
>
> Thanks again,
> -kevin
>
>
>> From: sr ferenczy <srf7425 at rit.edu>
>> Reply-To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?
>> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:00:20 -0500
>>
>> sorry for only dishing half the info...  and i have some more tests...
>>
>>
>> open the application "IORegistryExplorer"
>>
>> click on "IODeviceTree"
>> click on "Root"
>> clikc on "device-tree"
>> click on "pci at f4000000"  (maybe be another "pci at fxxxxxxx)
>> click on "ethernet at f"
>> click on "ethernet-phy"
>>
>>
>> if all that comes up, the system "sees" an ethernet port, so the  
>> port's controller chip isnt dead.
>>
>>
>>
>> on to more thoughts...
>>
>> if this all checks out kosher so far... do a "look-see" of the  
>> ethernet port. look inside the port on the back of your mac, make  
>> sure all 8? of the pins are in there, parallel, and looking  
>> unadulterated.
>>
>> also, does your modem have an "ethernet" light? mine does, when it  
>> senses a live ethernet connection, it lights up. if yours does and it  
>> lights up, its not the port.
>>
>> finally, try to get a hold of a hub, switch, router, some other  
>> ethernet device that you can hook up to your mac to see if it  
>> communicates with it.
>>
>>
>> ....scratching my head...
>>
>>
>> sandor
>>
>> On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:03 PM, k s d wrote:
>>
>>> I installed the developer's tools, but I'm lost as to what I'm  
>>> looking for.
>>> AppleMacRiscPCI>Ethernet at F etc... Any clue on what I'm looking for  
>>> or is an
>>> issue of if I don't know it's too complicated and may as well not  
>>> even bother?
>>