From: Scott Birdwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Yes, Iomega Drivers have been famous for causing problems. I know nothning about the Sonnet Exensions.
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:19:51 -0600
It's alive! IT'S ALIVE! FrankenMax lives! I finally got him to boot up last night. The problem I was having with the hung extension turned out to be the Iomega Driver Extension which is included in OS 9.1. Any of you ever have a problem with this before?
I'm trying to install a Powerlogix Rapidfire USB/Firewire card, but it's not happening. According to their site, this is compatible with the J-700, but if you're running OS 9.1 you supposedly have to have the card installed before your install the OS. This would be impossible in this case, as, of course, OS 9.1 is the original OS for me on this beast. Ideas on how to make this work? Can I disable the Firewire extensions, install the card, re-boot and then re-install the extensions? I sent Powerlogix tech support an email this morning and am awaiting a reply. Does it matter which PCI slot I install it in? (According to the motherboard, "a" is the slot next to the serial 10 T Base card and "D" is the slot next to the video card).
Combo cards like firewire/USB cards need to be in the PCI slot 1 or 2 which are marked a & b on the motherboard. The reason for having the card installed before installing the OS is the correct drivers are only installed if the card is in the machine. You can download them from Apple and install. You will need the firewire and USB drivers likely the newest would be best.
Also, I have an Asante Fast Ethernet card to install, with the same "which slot" question. Actually, my question goes deeper. I have recently upgraded a PM 9500 which came equipped with a 10 T Base card built in. This is a Comm Slot II card, which, apparently, is a bit unusual. I started looking around for a 10/100 card, as I was under the impression that the 10 card would only process data at a tenth of the speed of a 10/100. In the meantime, I hooked up the 9500 to a cable modem & router next to my iMac 400 DV, typed in an internet address in both and hit "return" at the same time. Bamm! There was virtually no difference between the two in load time. I was shocked. Do I not understand the difference between a 10 Base & 10/100 Base card? Shouldn't there be a noticeable difference in the load times? If not, I guess I'll be selling a 10/100 card on the swap list, huh?The Asante ethernet card should work in any slot. You will need to download the correct drivers from Asante.
10 base ethernet is more then enough bandwidth for a cable modem. 10 base equals 10MB sec and the fastest cable service commonly available at this time is 3MB sec. Most are slower then that my Comcast is 1.5 MB sec and that is pretty fast way faster then local DSL. 100 base ethernet would be good to have if your going to be networking computers together. However for what ever reason you don't usually see 100MB speed.
I'm still having issues with my CD-ROM, as in it's not working at all. I'm think I'm going to try to hook it up via my external CD-RW enclosure and see if that'll do the trick. If nothing else, I can buy a brand new one from OWC for $25. That and the extra RAM can keep each other company on the trip down.
Thanks mucho to everyone that has offered assistance!
Scott Birdwell
Do you have the correct drivers for your CR-ROM? What type is it? Intech's CD speed tools are the best but there are ohter cheaper that can be made to work. Be sure that OWC cdrom will work in your machine before buying. An Apple 24x SCSI is one of the better for our machines works with built in drivers. later Will S
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