PCI USB Card (MAC!)

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited January 2004 in Hardware
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:

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Is it a mac-compatible card? It will say "Mac OS compatible" on the box.

    //EDIT: Is it one of these?
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    Is it a mac-compatible card? It will say "Mac OS compatible" on the box.

    //EDIT: Is it one of these?
    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.

    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:
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    That's why... OS 9 will never support USB 2. The packaging is flat-out lying.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2004
    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...
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2004
    Prime: Will a PCI ATA-133 card (Promise 133TX2) work in a G3/G4 clone (assuming it has a PCI slot)?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Prof: Apple System Profiler is the "device manager" of sorts

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