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kashirat · May 9, 2005, 12:55 AM

I just purchased a PC Card to Compact Flash adapter, and when I'm trying to pull files off the compact flash, the file transfer slows Tiger to a crawl. CPU usage shoots up to 100%.

Is this normal? Is this a problem with Tiger ? I never tried this with Panther.

It seems kind of ridiculous that a file transfer would essentially lock up the entire computer.

:/

kashirat · May 9, 2005, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by kashirat

I just purchased a PC Card to Compact Flash adapter, and when I'm trying to pull files off the compact flash, the file transfer slows Tiger to a crawl. CPU usage shoots up to 100%.

Is this normal? Is this a problem with Tiger ? I never tried this with Panther.

It seems kind of ridiculous that a file transfer would essentially lock up the entire computer.

:/

anyone?

osxisfun · May 9, 2005, 12:34 PM

contact the manufacture and ask them if their drivers are 10.4 compatible.

tooki · May 9, 2005, 12:55 PM

PC Card CompactFlash adapters use no drivers: the adapter is a simple plug converter. Mac OS X brings all the drivers.

tooki

matthew_k · May 10, 2005, 03:38 PM

It's perfectly normal. It's the same way under windows or 10.3. If you want it to work well you need a cardbus adapter which will run you $40-50. PC Cards are a very old standard.