I needed some more internal USB ports. I was tired of using my two external D-Link DUB-H7 USB hubs. Sometimes some of the devices attached to the D-Link hubs were not recognized by the early 2008 MacPro 3,1.
I recently purchased a Belkin USB PCI-Express card for my MacPro and it works great... but it cost $60. This Syba PCI-Express card costs $26. I decided to give it a try, knowing full well that I would have to attach a power cable to the DVD cable inside the Mac.
I attached the power cable and installed the card. I rebooted the machine and both the Belkin $60 card AND the Syba $26 card are recognized by my MacPro. Excellent!
FYI, if you decide to place a Syba PCI-Express card in your MacPro, you will have to temporarily remove the DVD player to access the molex power cable. Well worth the cost saving in my opinion.Get more detail about Syba PCI -Expres USB 2.0 5-port Host Controller Card.
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