Adding USB 2.0 card to Quicksilver G4

I would like to add a USB 2.0 port to my Quicksilver G4 to get better speed with my new iPod. I tried a DFB-A4 PCI adapter card from D-Link because the literature claimed compatibility with Mac OS X version 10.1 and up. However, I get an immediate kernel panic as soon as I try to boot up the computer with this card in it. Not surprisingly, I could not get a definitive answer from tech support at D-Link. Can anyone tell me whether or not this particular card is compatible with the old Quicksilver motherboard or better yet, does anyone know of a card that definitely will work? Adding songs and videos to the iPod using USB 1.0 is painfully slow. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance...
Chuck

That sounds great. One last question...I looked at the product description for the Belkin card on the internet and the technical specs said that to operate at full USB 2.0 speeds a third-party USB 2.0 driver is required. Was that driver included on the CD that came with the card?
Other than that, the Belkin product looks like it might work. One difference between that and the D-Link card is that the D-Link card specified a PCI 2.2 interface slot and the Belkin states PCI 2.1. That may be the difference. At any rate I thank you very much for your help.
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