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USB 3.0 and Mac Pro 5,1

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May 8, 2015
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I've tried a bunch of USB 3.0 cards and can't get any to work reliably. Below is a crash log that I believe was caused by a CalDigit USB 3.0 card.

Does anyone have a USB 3.0 PCI card recomendation for this system? Mac Pro 5,1?

Anonymous UUID: 01814D76-B477-2E71-018D-7DBD1B12DEE0

Fri Aug 28 07:12:44 2015

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8010617cc2): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f923a76cf, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff826a07f00c, CR3: 0x00000000132fa000, CR4: 0x00000000000226e0
RAX: 0xffffff826a07f000, RBX: 0xffffff805ef9db80, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff826bafbdf8, RBP: 0xffffff826bafbe00, RSI: 0xffffff805ef9db80, RDI: 0xffffff8269f86a90
R8: 0x0000000000001000, R9: 0x000000000000fc00, R10: 0xffffff8037b9b880, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0xffffff826a057000, R13: 0xffffff80379e1980, R14: 0xffffff826a07eff0, R15: 0x000000000000000d
RFL: 0x0000000000010287, RIP: 0xffffff7f923a76cf, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff826a07f00c, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff826bafbaa0 : 0xffffff801052bda1
0xffffff826bafbb20 : 0xffffff8010617cc2
0xffffff826bafbce0 : 0xffffff8010634b73
0xffffff826bafbd00 : 0xffffff7f923a76cf
0xffffff826bafbe00 : 0xffffff7f923a2aed
0xffffff826bafbeb0 : 0xffffff7f923a301e
0xffffff826bafbef0 : 0xffffff8010ad617d
0xffffff826bafbf40 : 0xffffff8010ad3fed
0xffffff826bafbf80 : 0xffffff8010ad40e6
0xffffff826bafbfb0 : 0xffffff80106125b7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.CalDigit.driver.CalDigitUSBxHCI(1.4.4a2)[1CB66721-2DD4-3B6C-BC35-B2E3EA4C4A23]@0xffffff7f92395000->0xffffff7f923b1fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(720.4.4)[2A7D7E5E-EEDA-3BF7-B302-0727DCABA6F9]@0xffffff7f90e0d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8F585E8-2EE9-3135-8E37-A034123FE45C]@0xffffff7f90d24000
 
I've used Inateck and Orico USB 3 PCI-e cards in my Mac Pros. Both work out of the box without the need for any additional drivers or software to install. They work with the built-in drivers in OS X. Simple, easy, effective.
 
I tried 2 versions of Inateck cards and USB 3.0 wasn't recognized. Customer service says mac not supported. Any reason Orico would work better? I'm willing to try.
 
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I am now using the Orico card PME-4U, which use the OSX native driver, zero issue so far. The only down side is this card require external power supply, and this model should come with a cable that fit inside your Mac Pro and able to get the power from one of the SATA port. There is another model from Orico with exactly the same circuit board / controller... but without the cable.

If you pick the correct card from Inateck, it should work OOTB (same controller as the Orico card) and cable free (get power directly from the PCIe slot). However, it's very hard for me to get that one in Hong Kong. So I go for Orico which I can easily get from a local computer store with a reasonable price.
 
AFAIK, the 2 port Orico card can work without extra power supply, but not the 4 port card. I did try, but my 4 port card need the power to function properly. But again, may be some model work, I only own the PME-4U but not any other card.
 
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