USB 2.0 on G4 PowerMac

I have a Power Mac g4 with Mirror Doors Dual 1.25ghz. I bought a NEC USB 2.0 PCI card and installed it from Newegg and thought it was working well. It works great with my ipod, tomtom, digital camera but i can not use my memory card reader, cell phone cable, or Harmony Remote. When i plug the non working items in my mac freezes or it can not read the items. The company does not have any mac drivers or updates, but actually it says it does not support mac. But i did my research before i bought it and people said it worked on the mac great with zero issues. So i am wondering is there any help for me or is it a Leopard problem(10.5.1)? Or even a bad card. Thanks for the help

Hi-
If even one device works properly through the PCI card, the PCI card is doing it's job, and is cleared of suspicion (in my mind). Where you are having success with some devices, I would consider the problem to be between the problem devices and Leopard (and/or Mac in general).
Checking the Leopard forum will yield too numerous to count reports of devices that won't work, or have problems, under Leopard.
A good way to test this theory, would be to run everything under Tiger, and see how the devices perform. If they work, then you know it's Leopard. If not, one can assume that it's a problem of the device and lack of Mac compatibility.

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Hi,
I have a PowerMac 7500 running 10.4.11 with XPostFacto. Basic setup is as follows:
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-Generic Ethernet card (10/100)
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The X Post Facto forum is pretty vacant these days, so I figure maybe someone here can give me a hand.
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Hi Silversorcerer,
Thanks for your thorough reply. I've heard about the Tempo Trio card, but, like you say, it's no longer available for Mac. All other USB 2 and combo cards that Sonnet sells are supported from the B&W G3 onwards.
I can tell you for a fact the Sonnet Tango 2 (Firewire/USB2) is not supported. I bought one. The USB works for mice and keyboards, but any other device which requires USB 2 locks the computer within seconds of use, even when connected to an external power source. Firewire works. Sonnet states on it's page that the Tango 2 requires a Powermac G4 or G5. I thought that this was just a decision from Sonnet to stop customer care for previous macs but I was wrong. Even though the card holds exactly the same name and part number, apparently the one I have is a new revision which is physically different.
I've been reading up the posts at X Post Facto, and there are other cards that may work for USB 2 ( SIIG, and ADS DLX-180) but those posts are a few years old and I am not sure if they are the same or they have also been revised. The manufacturers state the cards require at least a B&W. I've also read people buying PC only cards and having no problems when installed on PCI legacy macs, but those posts are from 2006.
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I have a Samsung Flat Panel 19" which I have been using with the Radeon 9200 for more than 2 years. I don't know about Cinema displays though.
X Post Facto has always worked flawlessly for me. I have the original 1 GB drive that the computer came with and have OS 9.2.2 installed on it (using OWC's 9.2.2 patch). I also have a Quantum SCSI II 8GB Drive with 10.4.11.
For me, the installation process was quite easy: under OS 9 I downloaded XPF 4, inserted Tiger CD1, and chose to boot from it with XPFs' control panel. I got to the installation window and proceeded with no problems. I had to use the built in ethernet port to connect to the Internet and download the software updates from Apple and the drivers for the ethernet 10/100 card.
I also installed PCI Extreme which allows Quartz Extreme to be enabled with the Radeon 9200. It makes a huge difference in video performance. Core Image on a 7500 as far as I know is not available. People have flashed PC NVIDIA cards and have gotten Core Image on pre-AGP Macs but not on Old World Macs.
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linbobmiller wrote:
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Hello there. Pay no attention the computer listed on this post. This post concerns a Powermac G4 Dual 1.25 and not the iMac g5. Does the Powermac g4 dual 1.25 support USB 2.0? Does it also support extended desktop? Thanks for any info.

It supports Extended desktop as long as it has a dual head graphics card, and you can attach two displays. All MDDs have, I believe, although it would probably have one DVI and one ADC connector. Depending on what display you have, you might need one or two adapters.
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I see I misspelled "Allegro." That's the one in my MDD. More info here: http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro_usb2.html
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Buy one elsewhere and then take it in and tell the Applites how well it works with your G4 and how they lost a sale because of their comments. That'll teach them younguns!
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OWC is a Mac-centric reseller. This is the one they have.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802NU2C/
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http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP802GU2/
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I know there are a lot of discussions about this on these forums, but I can't find the solution.
Here's my problem:
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Oh, too bad. But thanks anyways.
Fabian

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G'day,
look at my specs: I am using an older white macbook, and everything runs well. But if you go for a new macbook, i would strongly encourage you to buy a macbook pro for several reasons:
1st: Bigger Display. Just a case of ergonomy, but in the end a lack of it is a botleneck to creative production.
2nd: More CPU Power. You guessed it
3rd: Get one with a 7.200 rpm HD. Otherwise, you'll end up with an external 7200 Disk anyway.
4th: Firewire (or get the older white Macbook if it's still available). The smaller new Macbook doesn't have it - god knows why.
5th: better internal speakers. At least something that has to do with audio....
6th: Yep - the extension card slot suited for the Apogee Hardware (if you like to be a beggar sitting on a beach of gold).
and 7th: Good desktop replacement.
Fox

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374.469: [-1744500223]: Expert - LoadInterfaceDriver: USBHIDMouseDriver - calling driver initialize routine... 0
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Serial number :
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365.725: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver - Set address failed, giving more time 3
365.766: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr -1
365.766: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576192
365.767: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver Error - Setting the device address -6910
365.768: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver - Set address failed, increasing time 2
365.768: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub driver - disabling dead port 1 2
365.768: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub driver - (1) dead port dead port disabled 2
365.784: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver - Device found, calling USBHubAddDevice. Port 2
366.003: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver - Set address failed, giving more time 36
366.083: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
366.083: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
366.083: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver Error - Could not re-read all of device descriptor after set address -6915
367.071: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
367.071: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
367.071: [ 75576531]: Expert - Request string descriptor - Error (read entire string) = -6915
367.071: [ 75576531]: Expert - Error returned from GetStringDescriptor: -6915
367.073: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
367.073: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
367.073: [ 75576531]: Expert - Request string descriptor - Error (read string length) - Error = -6910
367.073: [ 75576531]: Expert - Error returned from GetStringDescriptor: -6910
368.552: [ 75576531]: Expert - LoadClassDriver: USBCompositeDevice1.4.6 - calling driver initialize routine... 0
368.557: [ 75576531]: Expert - LoadClassDriver: USBCompositeDevice1.4.6 - driver initialization completed 0
368.571: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.584: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.874: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.917: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.921: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.970: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
368.989: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.007: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.041: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver - port Set address failed, giving more time 36
369.041: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.084: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.107: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.148: [ 0]: USL - processDelayQ delayQueueChanged, breaking 0
369.154: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
369.155: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
369.155: [ 75576016]: Driver - Hub Driver Error, resetting port - could not re-read full device descriptor after set address -6915
369.254: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
369.254: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
369.254: [ 75576531]: USL - Cache config descriptors failed with error 1
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369.256: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
369.256: [ 75576531]: USL - Cache config descriptors failed with error 1
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369.258: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
369.258: [ 75576531]: USL - Cache config descriptors failed with error 1
369.259: [ 0]: USL - findEndpointAddr 2
369.260: [ 0]: USL - Stalling pipe 75576531
369.260: [ 75576531]: USL - Cache config descriptors failed with error 1
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Because the "USB Adapter Card Support 1.4.1" drivers pre-date the OS 9.1 Update, you should not use that installer beyond OS 8.6. OS 9.1 provides broader USB support and its included drivers can be manually installed on systems running OS 8.6 for better recognition of devices. You should find the following drivers in the Extensions folder, with #2 being essential for functionality of USB flash/hard drives:
(1) USB Support
(2) USB Mass Storage Support
(3) USB Device Extension
(4) USB Software Locator
(5) HID Library
(6) SerialShimLib
(7) ENETShimLib
How many ports are on the card? On older legacy Macs, I generally installed USB 1.1 cards having 2 ports. An external powered hub is useful, if there are many devices to connect - especially a bus-powered hard drive. I'd also recommend installing more memory. OS 9.1 could use a little more than 64 MBs of installed memory.

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