PCI Signal Converter to USB/Firewire

Greetings,
Is anyone aware of a device that would allow me to continue using my Darla 24 PCI sound card by converting the PCI to a usable USB or Firewire signal? Is this even possible?
I'm posting in this forum because I want to upgrade to a new Mac.
Thanks,
Dave
Beige G3, 266MHz, 352 MB Mac OS 9.2.x

Do you mean some sort of external case in which you'd mount the Darla and then connect it to the Mac via Firewire or USB? If that's what you mean, then no, there's no such device (none that I've ever heard of, anyway).
If you want to continue to use your Darla with a current PCI Express G5, you're only option is Magma's new PCI Express -> PCI expansion chassis. It won't be cheap - ca. $2000.00 US - so it may not be cost-effective.

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Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
So, i have a 1,25 Ghz MDD G4, with 2 x 256 Mo RAM sticks (at first), running mac OS 10.3.9.
As the original HD is too small, I work with my documents on an external firewire HD. The HD is plugged on a third party/PCI firwire card that went down.
On the same day I bought a new firewire card (trendNet, it was said to be mac compatible form mac OS 8.6) and 4 x 512 Mo of Ram (Hynix).
It worked just fine for a week and suddenly my mouse froze (and keyboard too > the mouse is plugged on the keyboard). Having no control on my mac (which seemed ok despite the usb deconnection) I had to hard reboot on the central Unit.
I unplugged the usb hub that occupied mu 2nd usb port (there was a wacom tablet and a flsh memory key on it). I left just the keyboard plugged (and mouse plugged on keyboard).
It was fine for... 2 or 3 hours and then it started again > mouse + keyboard deconnecting/freezing (the keyboard is a mac one, the mouse a microsoft one -optical-).
As the small red optical light of the mouse turns off when the mouse freezes I first thought the mouse or keyboard itself was the culprit.
I tested both of them them on a macbook and they worked just fine (never had a problem with them).
I ran disk utility, repaired the permissions. And it seemed better for a couple of hours.
When it happened again I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it on the 2nd usb port (which was free since I had unplugged everything else) > the mouse "came back to life" and I didn't have to reboot. But it happened again, like 2-3 times (every hour/half hour) until swapping the usb plug on the UC doesn't solve the problem anymore > hard reboot again...
Then I tried EVERYTHING
booting with techtool CD > everything ok, no pb found
running onyx to empty the cash and rerepair the permissions > ibid, no pb
resetting the PRAM with cmd-alt-p-r
resetting the PMU
resetting the usb and firewire ports after each hard reboot
cleaning the dust
removing my old scsi pci card (not used for ages)
moving my new firewire card on an another slot
installing a firmware update
nothing has solved the problem... it seems to arrive randomly, but mostly (more frequently) when working with several apps open.
The cursor seems to freeze for very very short periods (as a warning!) until it freezes for good > it's exactly as if the usb didn't deliver any electricity for micro laps of time (and it is the case I guess as my optical mouse light turns off).
So I change the usb plug into the other port and it works for a while, just as if only one usb port was functional at a time, but it always ends with a hard reboot (no choice).
It's always scary but it's also very annoying as my Western Digital Mybook external drive refuses to mount on desktop after hard reboots... I have to unplug it, replug it, restart etc... well this HD is a pain but I guess it's because it's in FAT 32 (since I forgot to format it when I bought it). So I don't bother too much about the HD itself, but however it seems that the firewire card suffers from this : I have a lot of trouble mounting 2 disks at a time (but with all this I need to backup!). It's like the fiwewire ports (of the pci card) suffered from the same pain as the usb : one at the time! and when I finally mount both external HDs, if I unplug one (after unmounting it and switching it off) the computer freezes.
Then one day I opened itunes, and... kernel panic...
That was 4 days ago I think and I've had like 3-4 KP since then (one a day). These kernel panic happen just as randomly as my usb deconnexions...
Today I tried my last chance : removing the new Hynix ram and putting back my 2 old 256 rams.
It was ok for a pair of hours and then > mouse freeze and kernel panic again...
I reaaally need help, I don't know what to do anymore. I've spent my last week unplugging usb plugs, opening my UC, repairing permissions etc...
now I feel helpless...
Here are some extracts of console logs I've had :
some :
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
tons and tons (but really!!) of these :
AppleUSBOHCI[0x1382800]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.217 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.248 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.279
IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.962 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.993 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 24 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 28 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 65 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 96 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.127 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.131 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:10:09 localhost kernel: USBF:
tons on this too :
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
May 15 00:56:15 localhost kernel: USBF: 2137.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 59726)
May 15 00:56:16 localhost kernel: USBF: 2138.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 60703)
May 15 00:56:17 localhost kernel: USBF: 2139.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 61680)
May 15 00:56:18 localhost kernel: USBF: 2140.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 62657)
May 15 00:56:19 localhost kernel: USBF: 2141.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 63634)
May 15 00:56:20 localhost kernel: USBF: 2142.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 64611)
May 15 00:56:34 localhost kernel: USBF: 2156.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 13052)
May 15 00:56:35 localhost kernel: USBF: 2157.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 14029)
May 15 00:56:36 localhost kernel: USBF: 2158.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 15030)
May 15 00:56:37 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 00:56:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 2159.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16007)
May 15 00:56:38 localhost kernel: USBF: 2160.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16984)
May 15 00:56:39 localhost kernel: USBF: 2161.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 17961)
May 15 00:56:40 localhost kernel: USBF: 2162.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 18938)
May 15 00:56:41 localhost kernel: USBF: 2163.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 19915)
May 15 00:56:53 localhost syslogd: exiting on signal 15
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: restart
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: kernel boot file is /mach_kernel
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: vmpagebootstrap: 125572 free pages
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: migtable_maxdispl = 68
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: IOKit Component Version 7.9:
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: Wed Mar 30 20:07:52 PST 2005; root(rcbuilder):RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: 82 prelinked modules
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel:
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: using 1310 buffer headers and 1310 cluster IO buffer headers
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0x110600:0x2a1bd
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0xa95ff:0xfeef67e0
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Security auditing service present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSM auditing present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: From path: "/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:10,\mach_kernel", Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOPathMatch</key><string ID="1">IODeviceTree:/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@0:10</string></dict>
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6@D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADev iceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST 380011A Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled2@10
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSD root: disk0s10, major 14, minor 9
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: AppleCPUThermo couldn't parse platform functions
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Jettisoning kernel linker.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Resetting IOCatalogue.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kextd[84]: registering service "com.apple.KernelExtensionServer"
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: Matching service count = 0
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: AppleRS232Serial: 0 0 AppleRS232Serial::start - returning false early, Connector or machine incorrect
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: rtclock timebase_callback: late old 1000000000 / 41656700 new 1000000000 / 41656251
May 15 01:17:13 localhost SystemStarter: Bienvenue sur Macintosh.
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:11:06:00:00:02:a1:bd
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:0a:95:ff:fe:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost lookupd[125]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:14 2008
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple Multicast DNS Responder
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting timed execution services
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage du r?pondeur DNS multi-diffusion Apple
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage des services ? ex?cution diff?r?e
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting kernel event agent
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: mDNSResponder-58.8.1 (Jan 31 2005 21:11:41) starting
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk0s10 hfs 3A48DD89-B2C1-3D82-A158-1469A7237FD8 Sans titre /
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software [not mounted]
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage de l?agent d??v?nement du kernel
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Initializing network
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Initialisation du r?seau
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Checking disks
May 15 01:17:18 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
May 15 01:17:18 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:19 localhost set-hostname[190]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:21 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
May 15 01:17:21 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 2ac7 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 125]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:21 localhost lookupd[195]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:21 2008
May 15 01:17:21 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network time synchronization
May 15 01:17:21 localhost set-hostname[220]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:23 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:23 localhost SystemStarter: The "HasShadow" window property is obsolete. Use CGSSetWindowShadowAndRimParameters(cid, wid, 0.0,0.0, 0,0, CGSNoShadowStyle) to turn off the window shadow instead. Set a break-point on CGSLogMessage to find out where this property is set.
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading Shared IP extension
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ntpdate[239]: ntpdate [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:10 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting printing services
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpdate[239]: step time server 17.72.133.45 offset 0.090631 sec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: ntpd [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:03 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: precision = 8 usec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system
May 15 01:17:24 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s1 msdos 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 My Book /Volumes/My Book
May 15 01:17:24 localhost automount[288]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:24 localhost syslogd: /dev/console: Input/output error
May 15 01:17:24 localhost init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
May 15 01:17:24 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/libexec/fix_prebinding": exited with non-zero status 1 [pid 301]
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple File Service
May 15 01:17:25 localhost automount[311]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:25 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apache web server
May 15 01:17:25 localhost /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:25 localhost DirectoryService[323]: Launched version 1.8.5 (v258.3)
May 15 01:17:26 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading IP Firewall extension
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP firewall loaded
May 15 01:17:27 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting internet services
May 15 01:17:27 localhost /usr/sbin/httpd: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap options compiled in.
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: Started working: 2 available services
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: InternalUSBModem::setPowerState(1)
May 15 01:17:32 localhost TabletDriver[362]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
May 15 01:17:51 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: SystemUIServer [376]:21019 not responding.
May 15 01:17:52 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 01:19:39 localhost kernel: resize: max chain len 22, new table size 8192
May 15 01:27:28 localhost lookupd[195]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
May 15 02:08:31 localhost kernel: USBF: 3107.389 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1281000]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x12e8300 - releasing device
and my last panic logs
Mon May 12 14:45:14 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000006174696F PC=0x0000000000252638
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Wed May 14 23:30:32 2008
panic(cpu 0): Uncorrectable machine check: pc = 000000000070FE50, msr = 0000000000149030, dsisr = 42000000, dar = 00000000007D0000
AsyncSrc = 0000000000000000, CoreFIR = 0000000000000000
L2FIR = 0000000000000000, BusFir = 0000000000000000
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x0009160C 0x000908F8 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1FC42280)
PC=0x0070FE50; MSR=0x00149030; DAR=0x007D0000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0070DBE4; R1=0x0CDBBD20; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
Backtrace:
0x0070DB8C 0x0070D808 0x00267FCC 0x00266EAC 0x00266E10
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
Exception state (sv=0x1F638C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Is my mac dying?? Does all this come from defectible hardware? Is reinstalling a sysem a waste of time?

philomene251 wrote:
Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
My complements on that. While I read the post quickly, it was only later that I saw you're in Paris....
Anyway, I'm not an expert on logs (system and panic ones), but from what I can tell there is a problem with the PCI USB/Firewire card you installed. It looks like it's the USB portion of the card; those are happing at startup when I'm pretty sure there's a kind of initial checking of the PCI cards.
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
AppleUSBOHCI0x1382800::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
IOUSBDevice0x1654000: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI0x127f000 Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
The panics show dependencies to USB and FW:
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
The problems with the card at startup are probably creating an unstable condition, which in turn is causing kernel panics later on.
Basic things first, whenever you change the hardware setup, e.g. RAM and adding cards, it's a really good idea to reset-PRAM. Did you do that? Try that first, it's simple and easy enough to try.
If resetting the PRAM doesn't help, then try the new PCI card. I re-read your post a few times, but I haven't seen whether you tried removing the PCI FW/USB card to see if that helps. Try your mouse and some other devises on the native USB and FW ports. If you're stable, then it very well could be the card.
Of course there's also the question of the RAM, which you pulled without help. Again, after any change of the hardware (adding RAM, pulling RAM, adding/pulling cards, etc.) even during testing, reset the PRAM at startup.
With new RAM it's usually a good idea to test it, with say AHT CD or Rember. If you test, you might want to do this without the new card. It's a little tricky right now because you added 2 new pieces of HW (RAM and FW/USB card) either which or both could cause the problems you're seeing. OS X is picky about RAM, and the MDDs in particular are extremely picky about RAM as far as Apple HW is concerned.
Lots of kernel panics can eventually cause damage to the OS X installation. So in the end, it may be worth re-installing. But, before you take that route. Try the simple things like removing the PCI FW/USB card & testing, and testing the RAM. Take it one step at a time.

Need recommendation...convert vhs-- usb, etc.

Hello:
I realize this is probably a VERY old topic because I'm the last human on earth to get around to wanting to digitize old vhs cam tapes....but hoping someone here can give me some good recommendations. I have a nice (but OLD) JVC vhs-compact camcorder. It has mono audio out & video out rca jacks. Need a converter to USB I assume to import to my white macbook. These are old family home movies. I *don't want to spend $100 on a converter box (if i can help it)... I've seen things on amazon.com for 1/2 that price or less, but again, want some recommendations from the collective wisdom of mac users.
Thanks!

I realize this is probably a VERY old topic because I'm the last human on earth to get around to wanting to digitize old vhs cam tapes.
Not by a long shot, many are doing it.
Need a converter to USB I assume to import to my white macbook.
If you have the better white macbook with FireWire, use the FireWire port. When I switched from a USB converter to a Firewire converter (Canopus) I got better results. Many others have reported a similar experience.
If you have no FireWire port on your Mac, follow AppleMan's advice above.
These are old family home movies.
Aren't these movies important to you? Don't you want the best quality possible?
I *don't want to spend $100 on a converter box (if i can help it)...
A good one is around $250.
but again, want some recommendations from the collective wisdom of mac users.
I have done lots of this.
The ADVC300 is vastly superior.
http://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc300
I've played around with countless other conversion systems, ranging in price from $79 to $399. Short verison, this is the ONLY unit to own. No dropped frames at all, even with questionable quality tapes, no jitter, great color, excellent sound quality. Zero setup with iMovie 06 and iDVD 08/09.
This is a prosumer deck. The time code function is alone worth the price if you have old analog footage. Absolutely NO "Out Of Sync" audio.
ADVC300 is for anyone who wants to do editing and is concerned about quality of color and speed, for the novice it is an incredible gizmo that will restore VHS tapes to a state close to the original fixing midtones, highlights and shadows on the fly. Not only can you simply convert analog to digital you can actually manipulate the signal going in (if you want to).
A bit pricey bit it WORKS.
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material.
I would use iMovie 06 with iDVD 08/09, why?
  iMovie 08/09 uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video.   If your primary workflow is editing DV clips and making DVDs, iMovie '06 is better suited. Your movie will arrive at iDVD in DV format, which is an ideal match for making a DVD: same resolution, same pixels aspect ratio, and original quality. If you share your movie from iMovie '08 / 09, it gets re-rendered at 640x480 or less, and then iDVD upscales it back to 720x480. The end result is obviously not as good. 
 iMovie 06 and iDVD 08/09 is a 100% "lossless" combination and my DVD's look like they came from Hollywood!

HDMI Converter to USB 3.0 for Monitor stopped working

After upgrading to the Yosemite OS, my second monitor quit working. I use a HDMI converter to USB 3.0 adapter. I tried both USB ports. I have restarted and powered down my Mac Air book. I did have it connected to an external 4 port USB at first but now tried the direct connect to the MAC air. Now I have tried over USB devices like my external Apple Drive. It is not working either. So my guess is something is wrong with my USB ports. I am new to a MAC so I do not know how to check the drivers and see if working. Help please. yes I will google how to's. Many thanks

Hi xlarrybearx,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that when USB connections do not work as expected it can be very frustrating. In this situation I would recommend reading over and using the troubleshooting steps provided in the attached article.
USB and FireWire Quick Assist
Have a great day,
Joe

Question about USB & Firewire cards

For years we've been used to the Mac way of combining USB and/or firewire ports on to one bus. Plug in a slower device and the other faster devices on SEPARATE ports may slow down to the slower speed (depending on your Mac model, configuration, etc.).
I am looking at PCI cards for USB, firewire, and esata and non of them I've seen mention this. Is it safe to assume that most of them truly have an individual bus per port? In other words, if I plug a slower device into one port, will the other ports generally continue to operate at higher speeds? For instance, if a card has three FW 800 ports, but I plug a 400 device into one of them, will the other two continue to operate at 800 speeds?
Anyone have any recommendations for a good USB & Firewire 800 & 400 card that will negotiate speed per port like I am asking?

It's not a good assumption. Read the adapter's complete specifications carefully, or if you already have the adapter, you can look at the system profiler to see how many separate buses it has.

Line-in or audio interface USB/Firewire

Hey i record a lot of video for my church, and now im getting to the point where i want to record audio digitally via soundtrack on my macbook pro for special occasions like concerts. I did it last week of a wedding and it came out ok, I had it set up like this. (LR) 1/4in cables for main audio mixer to a small 6 ch mixer then out 1/4 cable (LR) into a 1/4 to 3.5mm adapter into line in to the mac. Is that a good set up or would getting a interface usb/firewire like the (M-Audio FireWire 410 4-In / 10-Out) make a big difference as far as sound quality and liveliness is concerned. I don't want to wast money but i love quality, and also would that 2nd small mixer be a wast? Got a feeling that to much preamp to begin with? Give me your thoughts please.

Hi,
Normally I would use a separate interface, like you mention. In general, the Analog to Digital Converters are going to be a bit better in a dedicated audio device, so that should make for better quality recordings. And you have the possibility of using balanced cables, which reduces the interference risk.
About the 2nd mixer, normally the signal that's coming out of the main mixer is going to be line level. So, you wouldn't need the mic preamps from the 2nd mixer; is there a reason why you used it besides that? You might not have control of the main mixer, and need some kind of control over the gain going in. Is that the case? In general, it's a good idea to keep your signal chain as short as possible. The more cables and connectors, the more that can go wrong. So unless you need the control or the gain, the 2nd mixer seems unnecessary.
Hope this helps!
Matt

ZIP DRIVE swap FRONT PANEL Card reader, USB, Firewire, Audio, etc...

I have a G4/APG Sawtooth.
Has anyone installed any kind of card reader or USB/Firewire panel in the ZIP Drive slot?
If so, how did you alter the bezel?
thx
MacMini, TiBook, G4 AGP, iMacs & SE Mac OS X (10.4.6) that SE just won't die...

"What about buying a PCI card like the Sonnet Tango (http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tango_2.html) and then getting a generic PC hub to mount in the bay and plug into the Sonnett card?"
That's what I did.
It works fine except for one thing.
I can't use Option-boot. My mouse clicks don't get recognized correctly when I try to select a boot drive.
I'm pretty sure it's the hub. It has an NEC chipset according to ASP.

Is there any kind of adapter/converter that converts an older Firewire 400 to Thunderbolt?

Is there any kind of adapter/converter that converts an older Firewire 400 to Thunderbolt?

Is this to plug in an older FW 400 device into a Thunderbolt port on a Mac?
Or to plug in a Thunderbolt device into a FW 400 port on a Mac?
The first can be done but not the second.

TS1587 Hello, I downloaded an ntfs systemfile from tuxera and used it to convert a usb stick, my imac froze a while after so I turned it off the on and now I have blue vertical lines on boot up and the a white screen with lots of tine blue symbols, need h

Hello, I downloaded an ntfs systemfile from tuxera and used it to convert a usb stick so I could put more than the fat32 4gb on, my Imac froze a while after so I turned it off the on and now I have blue vertical lines on boot up and the a white screen with lots of tine blue symbols after, mouse pointer moves but thats about it.
Have used R and cmd to get a menu up but once I choose one of the four options my mouse is rendered useless and I cant get any further, have downloaded, to another usb stick recovery disk assisstant and am trying to use that in conjunction with the lion option on the previously mentioned screen, computer was responding really slowly and has now frozen on the terms of software license agreement (maybe the last hurdle!) can anyone pleeeeeease help!!!!!??????

It's likely that the boot drive is failing, or that there's some other hardware fault. Run the Apple Hardware Test.
Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test
Even if the test is negative, you should make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested more thoroughly.

Iomega eGo 2TB USB/Firewire 800 drive not working with Time Machine.

The drive I had for Time Machine died and I replaced it with an iomega eGo 2 TB USB/Firewire 800 drive. Time Machine finds it and backs up the disk when I first boot up but then it seems like the drive goes off line. At that point, when Time Machine tires to back up it can't get the drive to respond and my system hangs. To fix that, I turn off the iomega that fixes the hang up and I get the disconnect without ejecting warning.
I ran disk utility and disk warrior. Both apps reported the disk is fine.
Can any tell me what's up? I'm running OS X 10.7.2
Thanks.

I am having this exact same error with my new iMac 21.5" connected to a brand new Iomega eGo 2 TB Desktop Firewire 800 External Hard Drive (Mac Edition - 34796).
The TimeMachine backup works fine, but as soon as the iMac goes to sleep and wakes back up, TimeMachine doesn't respond well to any commands and all sorts of errors appear on the screen.
I will try the tip here from Kappy and report back later if this works for me.
Kappy, one thing to note is that I'm using the Firewire connection from the iMac to the eGo and experiencing this problem. The eGo has its own power supply too.

USB/FireWire Ports Issue

So before I go into the apple store and ask for this computer to be repaired/replaced, I would like to see if anyone knows if something can be done about this issue I have pinpointed..
Basically when I have more than a few USB/FireWire ports connected, one or more of the devices does not function properly. This has happened with two external hard drives - which should have no problem being connected simultaneously.. When I try to eject one of them, I receive a message stating that it cannot be ejected because one or more programs may be using it.. although all programs are closed, causing me to have to force eject..
Also, I plug in one drive and open the other in finder to back it up, and all of the folders in the drive are suddenly empty.. nothing inside. I go to Get Info.. Zero KB.. I try ejecting, but receive the same message, so I force eject, plug it back in, and wala, all the files are back in the right place..
This has also happened in the past when my cinema display and a printer were plugged in simultaneously.. the computer won't detect the USB of the cinema display -- which only means that the speakers of the display won't work + no brightness control from the keyboard.. so i let it slide.. but now with this external hard drive issue, i need to solve the problem..
Thank you for reading..

Same here. Since a few weeks, my MacPro ejects USB HDD's as soon as I write or read data on it.
(no I haven't installed something new at this time and all HUB's and HDD's have their own power supply, and yes they have been exchanged, so its not a broken cable or so !!!!!!!!)
After a reset of the NVRAM and PRAM its better for an hour or so, then starts to eject again. I've seen a lot of communities with exact the same question, but never a solution for it. There is also nothing in the support tab of apple.
Hope someone here can help me out or due to the fact that this is a AplleSupportCommunity, a Apple-Employee may starts to do his job and help this huge amount (I guess there are hundrets or tousand) of mac-user with exact the same problem....
btw: don't agree with MACATTACK2010 that this is a hardware problem, cause there are a lot of people in the
net that ask the same question with brandnew Hardware. I think it's an OS or an Update Bug, or may both.

Please Help! - Cannot Access Or See External USB/Firewire Drive

Can anyone help or advise me as I’m really at a loss as how to fix a problem I have with my external hard drive and OX 10.4.6.
I had just completed a fresh install of OS X on my PowerPC iMac G5 using the “Erase & Install” feature.
Everything had gone extremely well, all my applications and settings had been re-set as I normally have them (I made backups) and was able to access my external hard disk, which is a Maxtor OneTouch USB/FireWire 250 GB model.
I then setup a second account for my brother, which I setup as a “Standard” account.
When I then went to access some of the files on my external disk and tried to copy them over to my Desktop, it refused me permission and said that I had to ask the permission of the “Owner’ which it said was Steve (my Brother) which was strange because as I said his account was only setup as a standard account whereas I had an administrator account (and am the main user of the computer).
I went into the Steve's account and looked at the Permissions information using the “Get Info” dialogue box. This showed that the owner was indeed Steve, so I changed it to my Name (Andrew) went back to my account, and found could no longer see the external disk at all.
Returning to Steve’s account I checked the permissions again, and asked it to ignore permissions.
But now I cannot see or access the disk at all in either account, it just does not show up on the desktop or in the Finder Sidebar.
The strange thing is I can see it in “Disk Utility” but when I ask it to either verify or Repair the Disk permissions, it reports that they are all or OK and “no repairs were necessary”.
I have tried connecting the disk with both types of connection - USB2 and the Firewire drive, and the results are exactly the same, the drive is not visible on the Desktop or the Finder Sidebar, but is visible to Disk Utility.
The disk is formatted as a ‘Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive
Can anyone please tell me how I can get my external disk to show on my computer again, as ALL my backup documents and programs are on the disk, and most of the data cannot be replaced.
Would doing a complete fresh install of the OS X operating system fix this as a last resort?
I hope someone can advise, as I really am desperate.
Thanks
Drusus
20' iMac G5 PowerPC (iSight) 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)
20' iMac G5 PowerPC (iSight) 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Yes, I didn't think it was very good either!
You are correct in I should have said "Repair Disk" - Verify Permissions is not available on the maxtor drive ( it is dimmed) in Repair Disk.
Until now, the drive has worked perfectly, and I did not install any of Maxtors software when I originally connected the drive to this system, I just formatted it as a Mac Extended and it worked great. It was only after the fresh Erase & Install - even then it worked fine. It was only when I created a new account that the problem started.
What I have done is get hold of a demo version of a program called "Mac Drive 6" which allows you to read any Mac formatted disk or drive on a Windows system, - fortunately i still have my Windows XP Pro system which I have also connected to my home network.
So for the next four days (the length of the demo) I can access all of my files on the disk and copy them to my Windows system.
This is really great because I have all my data and images back which were my biggest concern.
I thought I might get another drive anyhow, and when I have everything backed up on a new drive and on the Windows system, I can then reformat the Maxtor drive and start afresh with it.
Thanks for all your help anyhow.

Solaris 10 x86 USB/Firewire Installation

Hello,
I tried to install Solaris 10 x86 01/06 edition on an external hard disk.
The connection is via USB in one case and via Firewire in the other case. In both cases, when the installation devices appear for selection and partitioning, the external hard disk does not appear in the panel.
So, is there any method how to get the Solaris system installed on the external disk. Maybe, there is a method by installing Solaris on an internal hard disk first and then copying it onto the external disk?
For any hints, thanks in advance!
Thomas

Have you had any luck getting this to work.
I am attempting an install on a laptop (Dell Latitude D800). I removed the internal drive so all that was available was the USB drive. The drive is recognized, and everything went well through the first portion of the install. However, upon the first reboot, during the install, the reboot fails.
I then searched these forums (should have done that 1st) and it appears that booting from external drives is not possible in Solaris 10 x86.
Does anyone know if anything in the latest release of Solaris 10 (i.e. 06/06) has corrected/enabled USB/firewire booting?

Mount USB/Firewire drive from shell or cron job

Is there a way to mount a USB/Firewire drive from the shell or possibly mount it using a cron job? Here's the situation. I have a user that keeps all of her data on her desktop or in her Documents folder. I have attached a firewire drive to her PowerMac G5 (OS 10.4.6) and successfully created cron jobs to backup her entire user folder every night. The problem is that she logs off of her computer before she leaves work. When she logs of the firewire drive unmounts and the cron job fails because it cannot find the drive. I was hoping there was a way to mount the drive using a script so that it will mount, let the cron job run, and then possibly unmount the drive afterwards. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
MacMini, PowerMac G5, iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Try adding the following line to the beginning of the job:
mount -a
You may need to add u and/or w to the command after the a without any additional spaces for the mount to work properly.
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