USB 2.0 on a Powerbook Wallstreet

Hello everyone,
I am trying to get USB 2.0 ports added to my PB wallstreet. I recently bought a iConnect PCMCIA USB 2.0 card (which explicitly says on the label that it will work under Mac OS X) but I am unable to get my computer to recognize the card. The card doesn't show up in the apple system profiler as well as when I try plugging USB devices into it.
I am exclusively running Mac OS 10.2.8 with no native Mac OS 9. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks.
PB Wallstreet Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Natarajan,
The Wallstreet is still a nice 'book but it can have problems with USB 2.0 PC cards and OSX. Since I don't know your level of experience with PC cards in powerbooks, I may make a few suggestions that seem very basic.
- Are you sure the PC card is fully seated? You should hear a click as it locks in place; if necessary, hold the opposite side of the powerbook and push hard...some cards are tighter than others.
- Do you see a PC card icon in the menu bar? If you click on it, only the 'Eject Card' will be available.
- I can eject my USB card via the menu or pushing the eject button above the card...does this work for you?
- I am running 10.4.4 on my Wallstreet using XPostFacto and the System Profiler does see my USB PC card without anything connected; however, the Profiler in 10.2.8 may not report this...I cannot remember.
- If possible, I would try the USB PC card in any other powerbook (Wallstreet or newer) or a PC laptop just to see if the card is alive or dead.
- USB PC cards and FireWire PC cards do not supply bus power to external devices while built-in USB and fireWire ports do supply bus power. You will have to use self-powered USB devices; for example, printers are no problem, but a USB HD must have its own power supply. (I have found that a USB mouse will work.)
- When Apple released 10.2.8, they added support for USB 2.0 PC cards. Prior to this, USB 1.1 and 2.0 PC cards ran at 1.1 speeds. However, not all USB 2.0 PC cards are equal; unless the USB card uses the NEC-based USB2 chipset, it will not work properly with Apple's drivers.
Even with the wrong chipset, 10.2.8 should at least "see" the PC card, so either the PC card is non-functional or is not fully inserted or you have a hardware problem. Let's see what you find at this point.

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