youngi Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Hey guys, i needed to mount my 160GB western digital IDE HDD on my 10.4.8 and the CD that comes with the external casing is only for 8 and 9 version of mac...and i searched online and found awebsite saying no driver needed for tiger... well, the casing's brand....umm NONE, cant find a name or anything but i found online very similar stuff even sayin thhat the mac drivers need STUFFIT to decompress and that's exactly what i got. so any idea? i found some weird solution but it's for 10.4.10...i really dont wanna mess up my installation, i love it. oh just wanted to add that my system profiler hangs when i choose a component on the left and have to force quit it. so as my disc utility thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngi Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 just wanna add that flash usb cards mount and unmount fine, even my ipod too... my wireless usb mouse works fine too...so my usb is fine with everything but my external HDD...and additional driver needed? i searched alot but people are having problems like no usb detection blablabla.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 just wanna add that flash usb cards mount and unmount fine, even my ipod too... my wireless usb mouse works fine too...so my usb is fine with everything but my external HDD...and additional driver needed? i searched alot but people are having problems like no usb detection blablabla.. Are the the devices that work working as USB1.1 or USB2? (Look in system profiler) If its just USB2 not working, you need to follow the advice in those other threads. (PCGenEHCI ones I assume you are talking about. You can always backup up anything you are going to modify so you can return to pre-change setup) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngi Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 that's the wireless mouse USB slot: USB Bus: Host Controller Location: Expansion Slot Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBUHCI PCI Device ID: 0x27c9 PCI Revision ID: 0x0002 PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086 Bus Number: 0x3d USB Device: Version: 3.10 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec Product ID: 0x0530 Vendor ID: 0x0d62 and here's the other slot when i plugged my ipod: iPod: Capacity: 27.94 GB Removable Media: Yes Detachable Drive: Yes BSD Name: disk2 Version: 0.02 Bus Power (mA): 500 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Apple OS9 Drivers: No Product ID: 0x1209 Serial Number: 000A27001592E01E S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.) Volumes: YOUNGI: Capacity: 27.87 GB Available: 2.5 GB Writable: Yes File System: MS-DOS FAT32 BSD Name: disk2s2 Mount Point: /Volumes/YOUNGI as i see, the ipod is detected with max 480Mb/s so it must be detected as USB2 any idea what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 Could just be bad luck and you don't have a standard case. Both the USB HD cases I have work without any additional software. Do you have a second OS you can find out more information about your case? (brand, model, etc) Any messages in your log when the drive is attached? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngi Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 ill install XP right now and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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