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Hi everyone,
I already have a USB 2.0 hub attached to my MacPro because all the available slots are taken but I would prefer if the periferals were directly plugged into the Mac. Is there any other way to add extra USB 2.0 connections or better yet, FireWire connections to the MacPro?
Rio.

Hi Rio,
I had a problem when I installed the PCI Express cards. The cards worked fine but there was a problem with automatically putting the system to sleep. If you have your system set to sleep automatically after a certain amount of time and install the cards then the system won't go to sleep automatically. I had this problem with an older G4 and my new MP. Apple told me that was normal and they expected it to be fixed in Leopard. I ended up returning the cards.
I'm not the expert, but that was my experience.
Good luck.

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