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From: Graeme on 13 Apr 2010 06:42 I'm looking to fit a USB2 PCI card in my G4MDD, my iPod's suddenly started moaning at me about it!. Any reccomendations as to what card to get/avoid? -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Jim on 13 Apr 2010 06:49 On 2010-04-13, Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I'm looking to fit a USB2 PCI card in my G4MDD, my iPod's suddenly started > moaning at me about it!. Any reccomendations as to what card to get/avoid? I bought a 5-port one for my MDD from PC World. I'm _fairly_ sure it was a Belkin. Seemed to work fine. Sorry I can't be more specific with the model number. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Woody on 13 Apr 2010 07:04 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-13, Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > I'm looking to fit a USB2 PCI card in my G4MDD, my iPod's suddenly started > > moaning at me about it!. Any reccomendations as to what card to get/avoid? > > I bought a 5-port one for my MDD from PC World. I'm _fairly_ sure it was a > Belkin. Seemed to work fine. Sorry I can't be more specific with the model > number. On the other hand, for my MDD I bought one from PCWorld. And I am fairly sure mine was a belkin too! -- Woody
From: David Empson on 13 Apr 2010 07:06 Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I'm looking to fit a USB2 PCI card in my G4MDD, my iPod's suddenly started > moaning at me about it!. Any reccomendations as to what card to get/avoid? I got a generic one (using a standard OHCI/EHCI chipset) and it worked, apart from one issue: if certain devices are plugged into the card when my PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) goes to sleep, the computer locks up and won't wake up again. I only use the USB card occasionally (the PowerMac is a secondary computer) so this didn't bother me enough to chase up whether there are "more compatible" cards that correctly handle sleep. It might also depend on the system version. I'm running 10.4.11 (deliberately left this computer on 10.4 for testing purposes and compatibility with occasionally used old software). I haven't tested it enough to establish exactly which devices cause this, but it may be related to USB 2.0 high speed devices: it happened with a hub and card reader in my Dell monitor, and with a USB storage device, but not with an Apple Pro Mouse. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Rowland McDonnell on 13 Apr 2010 07:07
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Graeme <Graeme(a)greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > I'm looking to fit a USB2 PCI card in my G4MDD, my iPod's suddenly started > > moaning at me about it!. Any reccomendations as to what card to get/avoid? > > I bought a 5-port one for my MDD from PC World. I'm _fairly_ sure it was a > Belkin. Seemed to work fine. Sorry I can't be more specific with the model > number. If that's the same Belkin card I got, it caused kernel panics in my MDD G4 running 10.4.11. <shrug> I have no recommendation and can't look up which particular card I got, exactly. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |