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PCIe USB card

Let me make an educated guess there. The card has a NEC chip which apparently is supported in OS X by a driver because it works reportedly in a PM G5. So you would not have to install any driver.

The power isn't necessarily needed unless you hook up power hungry devices. In that case you would install a Molex connector for power.
 
i asked in the apple store if there was anyway i could add usb ports to the back without using an external hub, and they said no.

i have a april 2009 octo mac running all the latest software.

in slot 1 is the gt120 that came with it, slot 2 is the gt120 i added.

so this would go in slot 3 or 4.

so just to clarify, unplug the mac, slot the card in, power it up and it should work? don't need to do anything else?
 
Thanks for all your help just installed my card works fine
 
In the FAQ it says no

Frequently Asked Questions
Q- does this product have drivers for linux (ubuntu 9.4) - Kaz
Answer- No sorry this product does not support that.

Q- Does this card have a USB and firewire header - Philip Burrows
Answer- i am afraid not

Q- does work under Windows Vista? - mike
Answer- No sorry this product does not support that.

Q- is this MAC compatible - Peter Balcon
Answer- No sorry this product does not support that.

Q- i see the card need an external power plug what is the power out for each USB port cheers - David Scott
Answer- Yes and firewire.
Click to expand...

But I wouldn't hold by breath that the guy knows all about it.
 
DeLOCK USB 2.0 PCI Express card 4+1 Port

Just received my DeLOCK card:http://www.delock.de/produkte/grupp..._PCI_Express_Karte_USB_20_4+1_Port_89135.html

I was happy to find a NEC chip on it:

Code: 
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
USB:

...
    USB Bus:

      Host Controller Location: Expansion Slot
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0035
      PCI Revision ID: 0x0043
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x1033
      Bus Number: 0x00

However, I can't get Hi-Speed (USB 2.0) devices to work. My mouse and my printer (low speed and high speed, resp.) do work though.

Can't find any problem reports with Google (at least not in a few minutes of searching).

The PCIe bridge is 0x10b5/0x8112, a PLX Technologies product http://www.plxtech.com/products/expresslane/pex8112.

EDITed to add:
Unsurprisingly IOUSBFamily is not happy:
Code: 
Aug 14 00:01:14 oc kernel[0]: USBF:     3320. 70        [0xf790e00] The IOUSBFamily was not able to enumerate a devic
e.
Aug 14 00:01:15 oc kernel[0]: USBF:     3320.879        [0xf790e00] The IOUSBFamily is having trouble enumerating a U
SB device that has been plugged in.  It will keep retrying.  (Port 2 of hub @ location: 0xfd330000)
 
Returned the DeLOCK card and got an EX-11066 5 port card instead (based on this thread http://forum.macup.com/forum/viewthread/72788/). Working just fine. Plus it has 5 external ports instead of 4 external and 1 internal.

Code: 
    USB Bus:

      Host Controller Location: Expansion Slot
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBOHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x0035
      PCI Revision ID: 0x0043
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x1033
      Bus Number: 0x04

    USB High-Speed Bus:

      Host Controller Location: Expansion Slot
      Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBEHCI
      PCI Device ID: 0x00e0
      PCI Revision ID: 0x0004
      PCI Vendor ID: 0x1033
      Bus Number: 0x44
 
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