Hi so I want more USB port instead the 4 usb port on the late 2005 Power Mac G5 Quad so I find this:
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Will it works on Leopard? The seller said it works on the 2006 to the 2012 Mac pro's. It USB 2.0 not 3.0.
Hi so I want more USB port instead the 4 usb port on the late 2005 Power Mac G5 Quad so I find this:
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Will it works on Leopard? The seller said it works on the 2006 to the 2012 Mac pro's. It USB 2.0 not 3.0.
Yeah, this card is incompatible with your Quad G5. Look for a PCIe (PCI-Express) card.
As for plug-n-play, I’m fairly certain OHCI is applicable for USB2 cards, as I use a PCI-X USB2/FW400 card in my DP G5. If in doubt, it’s worth checking to make sure the controller chipset is by NEC (other controllers, such as ALI, may or may not be usable) — something like this or this, for example.
I found this pcie card
It's have a VLI chipset and it doesn't say it compatible with mac os so it must be compatible with linux?
If you want to run Mac OS X on your PowerMac, you need to look for a USB 2.0 card with a PCIe connector. Preferably with an NEC or TI chip. PCIe 3.0 cards use different controller chips and all of those require drivers, which do not exist in Leopard or for PPC at all. I don't know whether USB 3.0 cards are backwards compatible so that they will work in PPC Macs as USB 2.0 cards; that is a gamble you are free to take yourself.
Something like this obsolete Belkin card is what you should be looking for.
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Your problem is going to be that USB 2.0 is obsolete for new hardware and the only new card still being sold is from StarTech and has a ViA chip, which is probably best avoided.
You will probably have to look at second hand shops locally or eBay and hope that something suitable turns up. Forget AliExpress or the Chinese online dealers. They only deal in newer technology almost none of which will work with vintage Apple hardware.
This one claims to be compatible: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Port-H...PowerMac-G5-Late-05-All-Mac-Pro-/262496715609 but it is rather expensive and I cannot see what the chipset is from the blurred picture.
The only one that is compatible with your PowerMac G5 Quad that has PCIe slots is to buy a new "CLONE" version of a working natively supported card from Hong Kong made by Nanotech.
That's the one I linked to in my post. Can you tell what the chipset is on that? It doesn't appear to be either an NEC or a TI.
That's the one I linked to in my post. Can you tell what the chipset is on that? It doesn't appear to be either an NEC or a TI.
Here is the PCIe USB2 card that is in my G5 Quad.
You can see the chipset used and the overall design.
It looks like the same chipset (just with a different suffix) and in a reduced size package. The one you found MIGHT work (no guarantees).