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Sludgedragon
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Q: Lombard, iMovie and PC Card

I have a Lombard 333 with 320 MB RAM and OS 10.2.8 and 9.2.1 on two 20GB partitions. I also have a cardbus firewire card, 400MBPS. On OS 9 the card shows up on the desktop when I install it, but if it's already in when I start it up it will not start, just shows an unending gray screen. When I tried to hook up my Canon ZR25 by firewire iMovie 2 says, camera not connected.

On OS 10 the card does not show up on the desktop, but iMovie 2 sees the connected camera and can control it.

Is there any way to get the camera recognized in OS 9? Not that it matters, I mostly use the iMac G5, but if I ever actually need to? I don't have any other firewire things to try out to see if they work, which ones might?

Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Apr 1, 2007 4:14 PM

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Q: Lombard, iMovie and PC Card

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  • by jpl,

    jpl jpl Apr 1, 2007 8:12 PM in response to Sludgedragon
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    Apr 1, 2007 8:12 PM in response to Sludgedragon
    Sludgedragon,

    Do you have these three items in the System Folder > Extensions folder?

    FireWire CardBus Enabler
    FireWire Enabler
    FireWire Support

    If not, you can custom install them if you have a MacOS 9.2.1 CD; if your CD is an older verswion, you will not be permitted to install software.

    If you used the MacOS 9.2.1 Update to update an earlier version of OS, it has all three extensions. I would do this:

    1. Start up to your OS 9.2.1, then insert your FireWire PC card. You should have a PC card icon on the desktop since the powerbook recognizes this piece of hardware.

    2. Run the MacOS 9.2.1 Update on top of your installed OS 9.2.1. The Update will "see" that you now have FireWire hardware and install the appropriate files. There is no way to custom install individual components from an Updater (there is using a third-party utility but not necessary here).

    3. Now since you cannot boot your Lombard to 9.x with the FireWire PC card present, eject the PC card by pushing an opened paperclip into the small hole next to the PC card slot.

    4. Now restart, then insert the FW PC card and see if it works.

    I have a cheap FW PC card for my Wallstreet; it will boot into 9.x with the PC card present and work normally. But if I insert the card after the 'book is started, it will not work...I must restart with the card installed. So your mileage may vary on how the card will perform after installing the software (if in fact it was missing).