Usb in os 9.1.x

Suggest you buy (about $10-$20) a USB memory card reader. Just plug your camera's memory card into it & copy the pic files to your Mac. Quicker & easier than interfacing the camera for pic transfer.

Cheers, Tom

Hi, xelapond. Try removing and reseating your USB adapter card several times. On such an old machine, oxidation on some of the contact surfaces in the PCI card slot or on the card itself might be interfering with good connections, leaving the card able to provide power but unable to transfer data.

After reseating the card for the final time, reset the CUDA switch on your computer's main logic board. I can't tell you exactly where to look for it, but it will be a tiny white, red or black button about 1/8" in diameter centered in a flat box about 3/8" square and mounted somewhere on the logic board. Depress and hold the button for about 20 seconds to reset it.

If these steps don't help, your card may be bad.

EDIT: Oops, I just realized you hadn't said anything about installing USB software to support the card. That's most likely the problem. Boot to your OS 9.1 installer CD and install only the USB-related software on it (this will be among the options offered if you elect to do a Custom Install).

If your computer had no USB card in it when the OS currently in place was installed, the installer did not install any USB extensions, leaving the card without any means of communicating with the computer or any connected peripherals.

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eww...

"RE: CUDA
Depress and hold the button for about 20 seconds to reset it."

I cannot say if that is an approved method for an older machine but that is a NO-NO on any of the folowing machines that I am aware of.

No more than the one second press is sufficent anyway. Any longer a person subjects themselves to the possibilitiies of a door stop.

...Ron

Any of what "following machines", Ron? That was the CUDA reset procedure recommended by PowerLogix and NewerTech for use after installing their processor upgrades in PowerMac XXXX models and in clones like Xelapond's Starmax and my PowerTower Pro. I must have reset my CUDA 50 times that way during 3-4 weeks of trying to persuade a PowerLogix G3 upgrade to work, and then another handful of times after I returned the faulty PowerLogix upgrade and bought one from NewerTech. That one is still going strong, and my PTP isn't a doorstop yet.

eww...

"Any of what "following machines",Ron?"

A real 100% Macintosh, of course.

According to several Apple Service .pdf files it states to press the CUDA only once to reset it, a second press may crash the CUDA chip.-

<wink> No where does it state to hang on to the CUDA button for dear life or till your fingers turn blue.</wink>

-But they offer instructions to do the next level procedure, resetting the logic board, should that not work. (That procedure varies depending on which model of Mac a user has. The appropriate service manual should be consulted for the proper procedures.)

(Personal Note: Seems like those 3rd party outfits should have included the logic board reset procedures, as it is far more effective than a CUDA reset.)

The real problem I see with an excessive press count is numb fingers. Having numb fingers may cause an accidental second press of which is where the possibilities of damage increases.

...Ron