WTB: USB PCI Card

[yg17]

I'm looking for a USB 2.0 PCI card that will work in my G5. Thanks

[RGunner]

and I just ordered 2 for us here.

Newegg has the Sonnet 4 Port 2.0 card for $19. You will not be able to do much better than that, and not have to worry about blowing up the G5 with a semi-supported card from other manufacturers.

Just a suggestion tho.

[mbl42]

Make sure your G5 has standard PCI, I don't know which ones did and didn't. I know mine is PCI-X, and I've been looking for a card for a while now. Or is it just me? Do these PCI cards work in PCI-X machines?

[RGunner]

PCI-X is backward compatible with the PCI standard (as long as the PCI cards are 'modern' and not 5v (I think it was). IE just about any PCI card made in the last 5 years conform to the standard PCI interface.

Its PCI Express (on the new PowerMacs) which only work with PCI Express cards.

Any of Sonnet PCI cards will work in the PPC PCI / PCI-X PowerMacs.

[mbl42]

Thank you!