[Ham-Mac] Re: New FTDI USB driver

[Don Agro]

Hi David,

On 30-Dec-05, at 10:28 AM, David Ferrington wrote:

> Well, I finally got around to installing the new driver (from  
> microHam site)
> and I seem to have worse problems :-(
>
> The Mac (Dual 500MHz G4, run 10.3.9) wont boot with the USB cable  
> for the
> microHam plugged in (keeps giving "You need to restart your  
> computer...)
> This is with the radio off.
>
> If I plug the cable in after boot it appears to be ok.
> Is this because the radio is not on when I boot?

I am not seeing that here on several different computers.

> I'm about to do an archive install of 10.4.3, so maybe after that  
> and a
> reinstall will help?
>
> Any other suggestions?

Wow! - this is the first time that I have heard of any trouble with  
the new FTDI driver.

Did you try removing and then reinstalling the driver ?

Which microHAM device are you using ?

Did you try unplugging all the other devices on your USB Bus ?

Are there relevant entries in the crash or panic logs ? (console app)


73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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