Multibridge Extreme PCIe problem

[Deleted User]

Hello Nate,

You may have to configure the slot in the bios on a PC, not sure if that is the same on a Mac probaly once you are logged in via a control panel. Have you also tried to re-seat the PCI-E card?

Leo

[Nate Owens]

Hi Leo. Thanks for checking in. I’ve reseated it several times. There is a Expansion Slot Utility within the OS X system\library folder but when i go to launch it, a message pops up saying this computer is not allowed to run that program! Very odd…

Nate Owens
Multi-Media Operations Manager
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

[Deleted User]

Hello Nate,

Hmm, that is odd have you tried re-setting your permissions? or creating a new user account?

[Nate Owens]

No but I may give that a shot. Hope to hear from BM folks here as well. I also wonder if the card is too old (circa 2005) to work in the newest Mac Pro.

Nate Owens
Multi-Media Operations Manager
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

[Baz Leffler]

Does the card show up in ‘about this mac’ “PCI CARDS”? Make sure the MBE is connected as well when you do this.

baz

What would I do without the ‘UNDO’ button!!!!

[Nate Owens]

Hi Baz. I did check there and nothing!!

Nate Owens
Multi-Media Operations Manager
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

[Nate Owens]

Still no luck with my Mac recognizing this card. We bought 2 new identical G8’s and neither recognizes the PCIe card. I also fiqured out that the expansion slot utility is apparently not used in the latest Intel chip Macs as the PCI slots apparently configure themselves when a card is added. Any more insight especially from BM moderator would be great!!

Nate Owens
Multi-Media Operations Manager
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

[Gene Colburn — email address bounces notices]

Just curious.

Did you install drivers 6.8.7?

[Marcia Kapustin]

Hello Nate,

I am having a similar issue. Have an 8-core that is not recognizing the PCIe card in slot 4 (or slot 3 for that matter)… Very odd. My multibridge pro is also not happy, as I did a firmware upgrade and now the unit just keeps trying to cycle up and blinks on and off. Very frustrated as well, and hope someone can help us both.

Thanks, good luck, and stay in touch in case there is any update.

Marcia Kapustin
Owner Kosher Pixels

[Gene Colburn — email address bounces notices]

Log on as Administrator go to HD>System>Library>Core Services and you should be able to open the Expansion Slot Utility. Setup slot 4 for 4 lane, and everything should work. You might need a cold reboot after change before it will initialize.
One caveat here would be if you have a couple of 16 lane PCIe graphics cards installed in your workstation that would be hogging all express lane resources. If so the Multibridge will never work in that config.