> Your card is a VIA chipset card (Vendor ID 0x1106). Most VIA chipset
> cards don't work very well with OS X, and required at separate VIA
> extension to be installed in order to work. VIA didn't update the
> extension (it may be natively supported by Apple in Leopard?), so it
> only worked well for PPC Macs up into Tiger 10.4. To further cause
> problems, the driver has disappeared from the VIA support site, so it
> may be hard to find for download. It appears to be available from the
> Internet Archive Wayback Machine:
Firstly - make sure you only buy an external hard drive that plugs into your
110 or 240v wall socket as well as the USB. A lot of drives these days don't
and when you plug it in to the USB port on a computer , the USB port cannot
supply enough power on its own for it to work properly.
A second USB cable to beef up the power to the drive can work but I still
prefer AC power to run the drive.
Secondly - a Mac only USB2.0 PCI card will usually cost quite a bit more but
there are a number of PC only cards that work just as well for a lot less.
To get optimal results from a USB 2.0 PCI card to run in a Mac, get a card that
has the NEC chipset. Via and Ali chipsets are problematic - mostly sleep
related issues, and should be avoided.
Some USB 2.0 cards that have the NEC chipset are:
Adaptec 3100LP
BAFO BF-460
Belkin F5U220
GWC UC-160
IOGear GIC250U
IOGear GIC251U
Keyspan U2PCI-5
O'toLink U2-C2B
O'toLink U2-C2A
O'toLink U2-P20N
O'toLink U2-P50
Ratoc PCIU5
USBWholesale UII-PCIP
I'm sure there are others but I haven't tried them so if anyone has a different
USB2.0 PCI card that works without issue on a Mac let me know and I'll add it
to my list.
Stewie
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