Mac Pro - M-Audio Sound Card

joe.morgan · joe.morgan #1 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 12:02 PM

Ok so i bought the M-audio 5.1 sound card as i had read that its mac compatable. However it doesn't actually fit into the PCi slot in my mac pro

neye: any ideas why?

mr g5 · mr g5 #2 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 12:14 PM

Is it pci-e?

joe.morgan · joe.morgan #3 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 01:00 PM

yeah shortly after i made the psot it clicked and i realised that mac pro is PCI-e

ive got a dolby digital surround sound system and i cant connect it via optical i need some form of sound card. how can i do this? I think its stupid that you cant get soundcards for the mac pro. or thats its very hard too!

mr g5 · mr g5 #4 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 01:29 PM

If the card is pci-e i don't know why it wont fit.

If your surrond sound unit has a coaxial input you could get this
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...rce=14&doy=7m1

joe.morgan · joe.morgan #5 (**permalink**)

01-28-2007, 02:39 PM

my sound system came with a dell about 5 years ago. 5.1 dolby digital altec lensing surround sound. Speakers go into sub and then sub goes into sound card with green yellow and black leads

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Member Since: Jan 15, 2006 Posts: 534 Mac Specs: Mac Pro 2.66GHz Quad, 1GB RAM	01-28-2007, 01:29 PM If the card is pci-e i don't know why it wont fit. If your surrond sound unit has a coaxial input you could get this http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...rce=14&doy=7m1 Join the Mac-forums folding team By Clicking Here
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joe.morgan #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2006 Location: West London, England Posts: 410 Mac Specs: Mac Pro: 2.66ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 4gb Ram, ATi X1900 XT 512MB, 1TB HDD, 19" LCD	01-28-2007, 12:02 PM Ok so i bought the M-audio 5.1 sound card as i had read that its mac compatable. However it doesn't actually fit into the PCi slot in my mac pro neye: any ideas why?
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joe.morgan #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2006 Location: West London, England Posts: 410 Mac Specs: Mac Pro: 2.66ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 4gb Ram, ATi X1900 XT 512MB, 1TB HDD, 19" LCD	01-28-2007, 02:39 PM my sound system came with a dell about 5 years ago. 5.1 dolby digital altec lensing surround sound. Speakers go into sub and then sub goes into sound card with green yellow and black leads
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