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Bill Kinkle
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Mar 13, 2006, 12:47 AM
 
Does anyone know of a place to get another firewire card and a usb carb to put into my quad? I desperately need more ports for peripherals and I don't want to use a hub. I am having difficulty finding cards that are compatible due to the PCI express need. Thanks.
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Mar 13, 2006, 08:14 AM
 
I started a thread at a photography-related site
http://forums.robgalbraith.com/showf...&page=2#399357
     
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Mar 13, 2006, 08:34 AM
 
http://www.firewiredirect.com/firewi...s_pci800.shtml

Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 on a PCI card

http://www.welovemacs.com/f5u501mac.html

Firewire 400 on a PCI card
     
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Mar 13, 2006, 10:11 AM
 
If I am not wrong those are just PCI, not PCI express cards, this one is PCI express, so it has to be OK for your Quad.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Aaxeon/UFC2412/

more options here:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...i-pcmcia-cards

I guess there are more options, but my dsl is going like **** just now and I am not able to do a proper search, had that one from OWC on the mail.
     
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Mar 13, 2006, 10:49 AM
 
Is there a PCI Express card with just Firewire 800 ports? I'm looking for something like 4 Firewire 800 ports on one card...
     
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Mar 13, 2006, 12:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by angelmb
If I am not wrong those are just PCI, not PCI express cards, this one is PCI express, so it has to be OK for your Quad.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Aaxeon/UFC2412/

more options here:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...i-pcmcia-cards

I guess there are more options, but my dsl is going like **** just now and I am not able to do a proper search, had that one from OWC on the mail.
Yah, I misread, and posted PCI cards

Originally Posted by F*ckDell
Is there a PCI Express card with just Firewire 800 ports? I'm looking for something like 4 Firewire 800 ports on one card...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...i-pcmcia-cards

(that's the page that angelmb provided) What you are looking for is there.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 01:10 AM
 
What you need is a HUB, not another card. Both Firewire & USB hubs are available. Make sure you buy a model that is self-powered, or you may run into problems if the connected devices draw too much power from the Mac.

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Mar 22, 2006, 10:47 PM
 
No, he needs a card. FireWire 800 split four ways by a hub becomes, effectively, FireWire 200...not good for high-bandwidth work like I'm sure he wants to do.
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Mar 23, 2006, 03:05 AM
 
Originally Posted by Mister Elf
No, he needs a card. FireWire 800 split four ways by a hub becomes, effectively, FireWire 200...not good for high-bandwidth work like I'm sure he wants to do.
That is only if he is using all four devices simultaneously. I could see someone using two, but four?
     
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Mar 26, 2006, 08:42 AM
 
Originally Posted by Tuoder
That is only if he is using all four devices simultaneously. I could see someone using two, but four?
Well, you could have something like four hard drives in external cases set up as a software RAID. Not optimal, but possible. Or you could be grabbing data from multiple HD Video sources and dumping it to firewire drives... Anyone who has a quad is probably doing all sorts of weird things

But about the cards, if you track down the compatible chipsets, then you can try PC suppliers with cards with the same chipsets, and save some money. You should be able to get PCI-e firewire 800 cards fairly easy. USB 2 cards might be a bit harder... but there's always OWC
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