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Original Message
Name: Ash762
Date: November 15, 2003 at 01:35:19 Pacific
Subject: USB/Firewire PCI card issues
OS: 10.2/9.2
CPU/Ram: All-In-One 233 G3/288
Comment:

I just installed a cheap USB 2.0/Firewire combo card
in my AIO and haven't been able to get the USB
working at all in either OS X or 9 and I have no way
to test the Firewire so I'm not sure about that. The
card uses VIA chipsets and has no brand name on it
or it's packaging. Is the VIA chipset even compatible
with Mac OS? Any help would be appreciated.


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Response Number 1
Name: bobw
Date: November 15, 2003 at 08:49:47 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Take the card back and get a Mac compatible card.


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Response Number 2
Name: Ash762
Date: November 15, 2003 at 20:56:32 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Aright, bobw, thanks for that pithy advice. I have
actually come to that same conclusion after
researching the VIA chipset and finding it
incompatible with OHCI even though the package
says "OS 10.1 compatible". I will be more careful in
the future.


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