Resolved Powerbook G3 Wallstreet - PCMCIA USB Adaptec AUA-1420 - Issues

[Akulareb]

Hello, i acquired an Adaptec AUA 1420 for my Powerbook G3 as its supposed to be native MAC OS9.

After installing the latest extensions, the status LEDs light up and it's seen on system profiler, but connecting a usb drive or usb mouse has no effect.
The devices are listed under System Profiler but nor a mouse or usb stick is mounted and usable.

Any advice on this?

Many thanks

 

[Amethyst1]

Assuming you’re running Mac OS 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 as the manual says:

• Does the behaviour change when you supply additional 5V power to the card? There’s a DC-in jack between the USB ports.
• Does the card work in Mac OS X and/or in another laptop?

 

[bunnspecial]

Do you have another system you can test this in? Ideally something running OS X?

Never discount the possibility of a faulty card. I'm not familiar with that particular card(or a lot of PCMCIA/Carbus USB cards to be honest) but in general with OS 8.6 on, and even OS 8.1 to a lesser extent, and in OS X, you often don't need to even install extensions. The card just plugs in and works natively.

I'm also wondering too if having the extensions installed is messing with it-it might be worth disabling the Adaptec extension and just letting OS 9 use its native USB extensions. Typically if the USB chipset in the card is the same as one Apple used in a system, you don't need additional extensions to make it work.

 

[Akulareb]

Thank you for both answers.

The card works fine under Tiger and Leopard and MacOS 9.2.2 (Tested with a Powerbook Ti G4).

I will try applying 5v power, altho looking on system profiler (on the Powerbook G3) the usb mouse is recognised as USB Composite device, while on the Powerbook G4 is marked as HID device as it should.

Will report back if after copying over the extensions or applying external power did the trick!

Thank you

 

[Akulareb]

So, result is no dice with either restoring or changing the extensions nor applying external 5V.

Is there anything else that i can do besides a clean reinstall (with the USB card installed during install)?

I wonder if it's something related to the wallstreet cardbus?

I have other PCMCIA devices which are working correctly.

Thank You

PS also just out of curiosity i´ve downclocked the cpu back to 266Mhz to see if it made any difference but it´s the same.

 

[Akulareb]

After deleting all the usb extensions and HID extension, i have installed : USB CARD SUPPORT 1.4.1 while having the Adaptec PC Card plugged in.

All is working now, including USB mass storage & in conjunction with USB Overdrive 1.4.

Quite surreal using a Razer Hyperspeed USB Mice with this machine.

PS the file on Macintosh Garden was corrupt so i've reuploaded a working one.

Thank You all.

 

[swamprock]

It's worth it to note that the steps that you took are required for *any* PCMCIA USB 2 card on the Wallstreet. I had the same experience many years ago with a generic "Syba" card, and recently with the same card that you have.

 

[Project Alice]

Oldworld Macs can be super annoying with add-in cards sometimes. I have a 1Gbe NIC PCMCIA card I like to use in my Pismo. If I insert the card into my Wallstreet running Tiger, it works.. Kinda. It isn't stable in that computer. Frequent disconnects and any removal of the card with the machine running freezes up the entire OS, mouse pointer included. If I have the card inserted in 9.2.2 or 10.2.8 which are also installed on the wallstreet, OS 9 freezes, and 10.2.8 KP's. None of that happens if I have the card in the Pismo. In the Pismo OS 9 just ignores it.

I have a similar experience using a CF card in the PCMCIA slots of the wallstreet, and in my PB1400. It's supposed to be the 1400's boot device but as of late it won't boot if it's installed and will freeze up the system 5/10 times if I insert it after it's booted to the internal HDD.