On Jun 13, 2010, at 11:46 PM, James Therrault wrote: > A call to tech support resulted in speaking with a Indian drone, "Martha" to > no avail. Modem would not mount as a CD on the Powerbook G4 1.25MHz. After > hanging up, decided to try it on the desktop, G4 400MHz Gigabit and yep, it > mounted there. (As an aside, the modem contains the initialization/set up > s/w. Only problem here is that the Gigabit only has USB I as opposed to USB > II on the PowerBook. > > So, am I on the right track thinking that somehow this modem was not "put > away" properly on the Powerbook? If so, what steps might I take to recover > it?
That is unlikely, the 'improperly put away' issue only affects read/write media like flash drives, and is a warning about un-flushed write caches for that volume filesystem, it wouldn't affect the modem hardware. If this was the problem, it wouldn't mount on the G4 either, since the breakage happens on the device, not in the OS. Try installing and running it on the Gigabit G4 anyway, you should be at least able to get it to work, albeit at slower speeds. If it works it's probably worth the $10-$15 for a USB2 card for the G4, WIndows has the same hardware requirements for USB2 as the Mac so ANY USB2 PCI card will work regardless if it says 'Mac compatible' or not. On the powerbook, try the usual: Safe Boot, to clear caches, etc Try it as a different user. Check the simple stuff: make sure you haven't accidentally turned off the setting in Finder to show external media on the desktop. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
