usb 2.0 nec pci card

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Josef1975 Author

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usb 2.0 nec pci card

my usb 2.0 pci card by NEC has arrived.
so I plug it on a free pci slot on my G4, the I power-on and.. osx will recognise it? or I have do to something else (like load "driver" etc..)
thanks!

DUAL G4 450Mhz GIGABIT ETHERNET, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 384MB RAM, 80GB HDD, ATI RAGE PRO 16MB AGP

Posted on Nov 24, 2009 10:20 AM

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Answer 1

MichelPM

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Nov 24, 2009 11:03 AM in response to Josef1975

Should just be able to install the card into the PCI slot and should work without any help from a driver.

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Answer 2

Josef1975 Author

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Nov 24, 2009 11:24 AM in response to MichelPM

yes, it worked! plugged into and powered on, mac started without usual chimes sound but osx loaded normally, then usb 2.0 was working immediatly. (recognised as "usb high speed bus).
after second reboot chimes sound where ok and system now is working perfectly (tested with external usb 2.0 HDD).
thanks!

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Oly1boy

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Nov 27, 2009 9:42 PM in response to MichelPM

I got a dynex usb 2.0 card for my Mac Ppc Mdd G4, Do I need to get a driver/kext to help it run better? Please help me out here, I got some more questions also, Thank you. My e mail Is jazz121375@gmail.com. Thanx again for your time!, Oly1boy

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Answer 4

MichelPM

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Nov 28, 2009 8:33 AM in response to Oly1boy

Dynex cards will not work with Macs.
The website shows that they are only compatible with Windows machines.
Most Mac/OS X compatible PCI USB 2.0 cards need an NEC chip in them.
Dynex cards do not appear to use NEC chipsets. Plus, in order for a PCI USB card to be compatible with Macs and OS X, the chip has instructions written to ROM that configure the card properly to operate with Mac hardware/software.
You'll need to replace the card with something like this

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/IOGear/GIC251U/

or this

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/USB2/

Good Luck!

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