[G4] More About USB Question

Tim Collier collierof1957 at mac.com
Thu Dec 29 03:44:54 PST 2005


I have.  I think it's by Belkin, if I'm not mistaken.  It's been it  
there for about 2 years and working just fine.  This is in a dual 1  
gig Quicksilver manufactured in late 2001.

Tim
On Dec 29, 2005, at 2:50 AM, Jim Thornton wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Today, Philip J Robar commented on the "USB Question" and said  
> (among other
> things):
>
> "Get a USB 2.0 card, they're cheap - $10-$50 depending on
> name brand, etc. Make sure it's Mac compatible and/or returnable,
> last thing I knew one common chipset was compatible and the other
> wasn't. Don't know if that has changed with Tiger or not."
>
> I have the same Quicksilver model and have tried about ten  
> different USB 2.0
> PCI cards, but can't get any to work successfully with OS X. (I've  
> tried
> different cards at different times, most recently with 10.4.3.  
> Although
> System Profiler recognizes them, when devices are connected, they  
> all cause
> freezing or the inability to wake from sleep. Some of the cards  
> even claimed
> to be Mac compatible; all were returnable.)
>
> Has anybody successfully used a USB 2.0 PCI card in a Quicksilver  
> (2001) or
> other Mac without built-in USB 2.0? What brand card did you use?  
> Etc, Etc.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Thornton
>
>
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