Hello:

I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega website
is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate themselves
with that particular piece of hardware.

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this drive
and read the disks?

Thanks in advance!

--Guy
Thurston, OR

Try a different cable or USB port. I can run it on both G4 iBook and G5
iMac running 10.4.2. Also worked with Panther.

In article <BF17E7A4.5232%gwkuddles@comcast.net>, Guy Kudlemyer
<gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega website
> is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate themselves
> with that particular piece of hardware.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this drive
> and read the disks?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --Guy
> Thurston, OR
>

Try a different cable or USB port. I can run it on both G4 iBook and G5
iMac running 10.4.2. Also worked with Panther.

In article <BF17E7A4.5232%gwkuddles@comcast.net>, Guy Kudlemyer
<gwkuddles@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega website
> is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate themselves
> with that particular piece of hardware.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this drive
> and read the disks?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --Guy
> Thurston, OR
>

Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> writes:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega
> website is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate
> themselves with that particular piece of hardware.

OS X shouldn't care. My Mac has an internal IDE Zip-250 drive. OS X
simply uses it. No drivers are necessary.

> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this
> drive and read the disks?

First off, have you actually tried inserting media?

I have a home-built USB Zip-250 drive (made from an IDE drive and a
generic USB case.) When I attach this drive to my Mac, it doesn't
appear in the System Profiler except when media is inserted. When I
eject the media, the drive itself vanishes.

If you've only attached the drive and not inserted media, you may be
seeing the same thing.

Assuming that the drive is still not found when you have media
installed, check you cabling.

If the drive is attached to a hub, make sure it's a powered hub. If I
remember correctly, Iomega's USB drives (unlike the one I built) do not
have external power bricks. So you need a USB port that can power the
drive. This means either directly connecting it to a computer or to a
powered hub. Unpowered hubs (including those built-in to keyboards)
will not be able to power the drive.

If that doesn't work either, try it on another computer. The drive
itself may be defective.

-- David

Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> writes:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega
> website is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate
> themselves with that particular piece of hardware.

OS X shouldn't care. My Mac has an internal IDE Zip-250 drive. OS X
simply uses it. No drivers are necessary.

> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this
> drive and read the disks?

First off, have you actually tried inserting media?

I have a home-built USB Zip-250 drive (made from an IDE drive and a
generic USB case.) When I attach this drive to my Mac, it doesn't
appear in the System Profiler except when media is inserted. When I
eject the media, the drive itself vanishes.

If you've only attached the drive and not inserted media, you may be
seeing the same thing.

Assuming that the drive is still not found when you have media
installed, check you cabling.

If the drive is attached to a hub, make sure it's a powered hub. If I
remember correctly, Iomega's USB drives (unlike the one I built) do not
have external power bricks. So you need a USB port that can power the
drive. This means either directly connecting it to a computer or to a
powered hub. Unpowered hubs (including those built-in to keyboards)
will not be able to power the drive.

If that doesn't work either, try it on another computer. The drive
itself may be defective.

-- David

David C. wrote:
> Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> writes:
>
>>I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
>>recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega
>>website is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate
>>themselves with that particular piece of hardware.
>
>
> OS X shouldn't care. My Mac has an internal IDE Zip-250 drive. OS X
> simply uses it. No drivers are necessary.
>
>
>>Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this
>>drive and read the disks?
>
>
> First off, have you actually tried inserting media?
>
> I have a home-built USB Zip-250 drive (made from an IDE drive and a
> generic USB case.) When I attach this drive to my Mac, it doesn't
> appear in the System Profiler except when media is inserted. When I
> eject the media, the drive itself vanishes.
>
> If you've only attached the drive and not inserted media, you may be
> seeing the same thing.
>
> Assuming that the drive is still not found when you have media
> installed, check you cabling.
>
> If the drive is attached to a hub, make sure it's a powered hub. If I
> remember correctly, Iomega's USB drives (unlike the one I built) do not
> have external power bricks. So you need a USB port that can power the
> drive. This means either directly connecting it to a computer or to a
> powered hub. Unpowered hubs (including those built-in to keyboards)
> will not be able to power the drive.
>
> If that doesn't work either, try it on another computer. The drive
> itself may be defective.
>
> -- David
Mine did not work on OS X but it worked on 9.2, which is what I created
the files and backed them up with the Zip drive.
Go Figure!

--
http://homepage.mac.com/mkatzman/

David C. wrote:
> Guy Kudlemyer <gwkuddles@comcast.net> writes:
>
>>I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
>>recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega
>>website is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate
>>themselves with that particular piece of hardware.
>
>
> OS X shouldn't care. My Mac has an internal IDE Zip-250 drive. OS X
> simply uses it. No drivers are necessary.
>
>
>>Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this
>>drive and read the disks?
>
>
> First off, have you actually tried inserting media?
>
> I have a home-built USB Zip-250 drive (made from an IDE drive and a
> generic USB case.) When I attach this drive to my Mac, it doesn't
> appear in the System Profiler except when media is inserted. When I
> eject the media, the drive itself vanishes.
>
> If you've only attached the drive and not inserted media, you may be
> seeing the same thing.
>
> Assuming that the drive is still not found when you have media
> installed, check you cabling.
>
> If the drive is attached to a hub, make sure it's a powered hub. If I
> remember correctly, Iomega's USB drives (unlike the one I built) do not
> have external power bricks. So you need a USB port that can power the
> drive. This means either directly connecting it to a computer or to a
> powered hub. Unpowered hubs (including those built-in to keyboards)
> will not be able to power the drive.
>
> If that doesn't work either, try it on another computer. The drive
> itself may be defective.
>
> -- David
Mine did not work on OS X but it worked on 9.2, which is what I created
the files and backed them up with the Zip drive.
Go Figure!

--
http://homepage.mac.com/mkatzman/

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:41:24 -0400, Guy Kudlemyer wrote
(in article <BF17E7A4.5232%gwkuddles@comcast.net>):

> Hello:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega website
> is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate themselves
> with that particular piece of hardware.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this drive
> and read the disks?

My 250 USB works fine in Panther and Tiger. It's in the System Profiler with
no media -- what about yours?

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:41:24 -0400, Guy Kudlemyer wrote
(in article <BF17E7A4.5232%gwkuddles@comcast.net>):

> Hello:
>
> I using a Mac Mini with OSX 10.3.9. I've been trying to get the Mac to
> recognize my USB Iomega Zip 250 drive, with no success. The Iomega website
> is of no help, as they have officially decided to disassociate themselves
> with that particular piece of hardware.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why 10.3.9 won't detect this drive
> and read the disks?

My 250 USB works fine in Panther and Tiger. It's in the System Profiler with
no media -- what about yours?