HI guys

I just received this mediator pci board for my A1200, I would like to know if I can use this
USB card in it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Port-USB-2-0-PCI-Host-Card-4-External-1-Internal-Hub-/320895176180?pt=UK_Computing_Other_Computing_Networking&hash=item4ab6d7cdf4

has any one tried one of these

Thanks

@cat9921

Only if you can modify the cards firmware so it has the same ID as Elbox's spider which themselves are modified standard cards. You'll still need the drivers that come with the Spider and you'll also need the Poseiden USB stack.

@Rob

Thank you for your reply, looks like I will have to get the spider

@cat9921

I have a spider USB card. It works great. Definitely worth the purchase if you already own a Mediator busboard.

Drewlio77

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Drewlio77 wrote: @cat9921 I have a spider USB card. It works great. Definitely worth the purchase if you already own a Mediator busboard. Drewlio77

hmm I've got my Spider 2 USB only seeing Port 2 with Poseidon 4.4 and every time I try to activate ports 0 and 1 i get an immediate system reset?? tried using different pci slots and even installing Poseidon again but same issue??

btw, many thanks once again for your Mediator LT4 as it's working great in my 1200T

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@klx300r

I have version 3.21 of the spider.device and 9.9 of the pci.library. I havent tried other ports on the Spider USB now that I think of it... guess I will try that.

I am glad your LT4 workes well. Running an A1200 without PCI cards is bogus :)

Drewlio77

Last edited by Drewlio77 on 23-Nov-2014 at 08:45 AM.

@Rob

Funny how they allowed you to use standard VGA cards and network cards but then stopped at USB.

The Spider card makes an expensive but well working USB2 solution for the A1.

@Drewlio77

Lol actually one port would be ok for me too but it's just that port 2 is below my case plastic so I need higher Ports to work as week plus I'd like the internal port to work as I want to put a cable accessible at my front face plate so I don't have to reach to the back I my case each time to pull out a usb stick

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@Hypex

The Spider came later when the initial surge of Mediator sales a so they probably decided to factor in the development cost of the driver and healthy profit into price of the Spider. It was also still considerably cheaper than a Subway or Highway if you already had a Mediator.