PCI USB Card (MAC!)

[profdlp]

I am trying to help a friend install a Belkin PCI Card USB adapter. It is to be used with an Iomega Zip drive.

It is MAC OS9, and I have downloaded the USB on a PCI Card update and installed it. There is no indication that the computer sees it, nor does the Iomega Zip drive work from it. I also tried a USB floppy drive, it won't work either. There are no MAC-specific drivers for the card; the OS9 USB update is supposed to do the trick.

ALL of the parts work fine when I try them in my PC. :Pwned:

Any help would be appreciated.

...and don't yell at me - I tried to warn her... :rolleyes: :scratch:

[primesuspect]

Is it a mac-compatible card? It will say "Mac OS compatible" on the box.

//EDIT: Is it one of these (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=2053)?

[profdlp]

Is it a mac-compatible card? It will say "Mac OS compatible" on the box.

//EDIT: Is it one of these (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=2053)?
I think you just led me to the solution. It is not one of the ones listed on the page you linked. It is this one (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Product_Id=122771).

The package clearly says Mac OS 8.6 or higher. The Belkin website says Apple G5 with OS 10.3
Powermac Computer running OS 10.2.7 or above.
She has OS 9

This might be the first time Belkin has ever :screwed: me...

I'll send her back to the store. :aol:

[primesuspect]

That's why... OS 9 will never support USB 2. The packaging is flat-out lying.

[profdlp]

She's been hemming and hawing about getting this since last Summer. I kept lobbying for a CD Burner, pointing out the difference in the price of the media per MB.

Out of curiousity, is there anything resembling Device Manager in a Mac? I guess they don't want their users to know anything...

...and most of them don't...no offense intended to those who do...

[Geeky1]

Prime: Will a PCI ATA-133 card (Promise 133TX2) work in a G3/G4 clone (assuming it has a PCI slot)?

[primesuspect]

Prof: Apple System Profiler is the "device manager" of sorts

Geeky1: No. You need a special card with a special BIOS made for macs.