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kashirat
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May 9, 2005, 01:55 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.

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kashirat  (op)
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May 9, 2005, 01:32 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
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May 9, 2005, 01:34 PM
 
contact the manufacture and ask them if their drivers are 10.4 compatible.
     
tooki
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May 9, 2005, 01:55 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
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May 10, 2005, 04:38 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.
     
   
 
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