PCI card for Mac or PC

ferrara1211 · ferrara1211 #1 (**permalink**)

12-13-2007, 10:23 PM

Hi, I have a question about PCI cards. I have 2 PCI cards (1-firewire & 1 USB 2.0) that I installed in my Windows PC. I want to know if I can install them in my MAC? I know they will fit in the PCI slots, but will they work correctly?

My MAC is old; PowerMAC G4 dual 500, 2 gb ram, 120GB hd. I recently upgraded the video card to an AGP Radeon 9200 w/ 128mb. I also have a Canopus ADVC50 PCI card installed. I also have an external firewire hd and an external firewire dvd burner attached to this machine. Thanks for your help.

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

12-13-2007, 11:27 PM

It should work if you are trying to install a PCI card. However, bear in mind that most "PCI" cards these days are PCI Express cards. These will not install into an older PCI slot.

Next you have to consider whether you have any drivers for the card you are trying to install. For standard Firewire and USB cards, you may not need any of course.

ferrara1211 · ferrara1211 #3 (**permalink**)

12-14-2007, 06:36 AM

How can I tell the difference between a PCI and PCI Express card?

nirvana · nirvana #4 (**permalink**)

12-14-2007, 06:52 AM

Check here for the interface.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,556 Mac Specs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, 256 GB SSD, 2 TB HDD, 8 GB RAM	12-13-2007, 11:27 PM It should work if you are trying to install a PCI card. However, bear in mind that most "PCI" cards these days are PCI Express cards. These will not install into an older PCI slot. Next you have to consider whether you have any drivers for the card you are trying to install. For standard Firewire and USB cards, you may not need any of course. My Macs: iMac 27" 3.4 GHz, Mac Pro 3.2 GHz, PowerMac G5 Quad 2.5 GHz, G4 Cube with 1.2 GHz Upgrade My iStuff: 64GB iPhone 5, 64GB iPad4, 30GB iPod Video, 16GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Lion, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS 9.2.2, openSUSE 10.3 I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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ferrara1211 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 29, 2006 Location: RI Posts: 14 Mac Specs: PM G4 1.25 FW800 240GB 2GB OS X.5, PB G4 1GHz DVI 60GB 1GB OS X.4	12-13-2007, 10:23 PM Hi, I have a question about PCI cards. I have 2 PCI cards (1-firewire & 1 USB 2.0) that I installed in my Windows PC. I want to know if I can install them in my MAC? I know they will fit in the PCI slots, but will they work correctly? My MAC is old; PowerMAC G4 dual 500, 2 gb ram, 120GB hd. I recently upgraded the video card to an AGP Radeon 9200 w/ 128mb. I also have a Canopus ADVC50 PCI card installed. I also have an external firewire hd and an external firewire dvd burner attached to this machine. Thanks for your help.
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