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Do USB 2.0 PCI Cards work in a Mac?

post #1 of 12
6/28/03 at 6:10am
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I'v always been considering to get a USB Hub, but never got around to it, but it just dawned on me that a USB PCI card may be a cleaner solution.

Would installing a USB 2.0 Generic PCI card work?
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post #2 of 12
6/28/03 at 6:38am
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Originally posted by MajorMatt
I'v always been considering to get a USB Hub, but never got around to it, but it just dawned on me that a USB PCI card may be a cleaner solution.

Would installing a USB 2.0 Generic PCI card work?

USB 2.0 PCI cards are available for Mac's/Mac OS X. Here is one from Adaptec:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pro...%2fUSB+for+Mac

Hope this helps.
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post #3 of 12
6/28/03 at 8:22am
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$69

I was looking for less than $30
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post #4 of 12
6/28/03 at 8:32am
yeah i wanted USB 2.0 but couldn't find any for <$10 so i decided to get a G5


of course USB 2.0 is the only reason
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post #5 of 12
6/28/03 at 9:15am
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Originally posted by Dave K.
USB 2.0 PCI cards are available for Mac's/Mac OS X. Here is one from Adaptec:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/pro...%2fUSB+for+Mac

Hope this helps.

I have one of these card in my G4 533, it works great, but .... only in USB 1,1 mode. USB 2 is not supported by mac os X. I think that the release of Panther will fix this. I don't think that smeagol will appear somewhere else than the first G5.
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post #6 of 12
6/28/03 at 9:36am
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Originally posted by MajorMatt
$69

I was looking for less than $30

You are using the wrong platform if you want cheap. Pratically, everything for Mac's is more money.
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post #7 of 12
6/28/03 at 10:15am
Why do ppl think that high speed USB is not supported In OSX.

Hello---->USB2 Supported OS's for Adaptec Cards

Huh huh whats the deal, does'nt anybody read. Even friging compusa sells them in the apple area, in the little white boxes. Nough said..doink!
In the future that I see, we are the system.
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post #8 of 12
6/28/03 at 10:20am
So USB2 cards are not generic? At least with some (or a lot?) of firewire cards, you could put a $5 PC one into a mac and it would work fine.

The USB2/Firewire combo card one of my Macs has came with generic USB2 drivers for OS X.
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post #9 of 12
6/28/03 at 12:21pm
USB cards are generic. OS X doesn't support USB 2, but you can get the Orange Micro drivers.
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post #10 of 12
6/28/03 at 12:24pm
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Originally posted by wmf
USB cards are generic. OS X doesn't support USB 2, but you can get the Orange Micro drivers.

These don't always work. I've got Belkin card, but it only works at USB1 speeds on my beige G3. I've tried the Orange drivers and several others.
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post #11 of 12
6/28/03 at 1:05pm
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Originally posted by dmgeist
Why do ppl think that high speed USB is not supported In OSX.

Hello---->USB2 Supported OS's for Adaptec Cards

Huh huh whats the deal, does'nt anybody read. Even friging compusa sells them in the apple area, in the little white boxes. Nough said..doink!

Well USB 2 is supported except it works like usb 1,1, it's written in your link, and as i use one of the USB 2 adaptec card in my G4 533 under jaguar to connect 2 USB 2 device, i know my subject.

So the correct answer is , USB 2 PCI card works in Mac, are supported by mac OS X, but only work like USB 1,1.
Let's hope that Panther will fix this issue.
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post #12 of 12
6/29/03 at 1:48am
never mind
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