PCI Firewire & USB2 combo card not working HELP!! :)

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PCI Firewire & USB2 combo card not working HELP!! :)

Hello everyone out there in apple land, I have just got myself (albeit off Ebay) a shiny new PCI card with 5 USB's and 3 firewire ports, now the Ebay add said it has OSX support, and sure enough when I go into system profiler it shows i have a highspeed USB device but no matter what i plug in it doesnt work/power up, mice, memory sticks, hubs etc, nothing does anything,

the driver CD is a typical PC mess, drivers for several types of devices but no mension of anything apple, its a red card sporting 2 VIA chips .

if anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated
(i have contacted the seller but as yet have had no reply)

-richard

PS its a Dual 500 system its currently living in!

Posted on Oct 4, 2005 6:08 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 4, 2005 6:19 PM in response to Richard Neville

Model?

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Answer 2

cjdavis1

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Oct 5, 2005 10:55 AM in response to Richard Neville

I bought a cheap one of from macsales.com( http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/add/6875/OWCFWUSBPCI/), and it too did not come with any mac drivers. My problem with it was the USB ports wouldn't work as 2.0 it would report it as highspeed but any device connected was maxxed out at a top speed of 11mbps instead of 480mbps. I went to a website of a more expensive card and downloaded there USB2.0 software package and now my card works right. It might work for you as well. Here is one I found, I don't remember if it is the same one I used, but it is worth a try
http://www.adstech.com/products/USBTurbo_2.0/downloads/drivers/USB2EHCI_v3_12.img.bin

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Answer 3

Oct 9, 2005 5:16 AM in response to Richard Neville

Im unsure of the brand, but its a red PCI board sporting 2 VIA chipsets, no other markings could be found, thanks for the link cjdavis: ill give it a try when i get to work (where the G4 lives)

Thanks

-Richard

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Answer 4

Jeff--

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Oct 9, 2005 5:03 PM in response to Richard Neville

normally on a Mac, FireWire and USB2 PCI cards do not need extra drivers (except for specialized cards)

the VIA chipscan be a bit of a nightmare under Mac OS X since to the best of my knowledge, there currently is no support for that chip, so that is probably the problem you are having

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