SATA, Internal USB, Firewire

I want to get an internal card reader for my sandisk extreme III CF. I was looking and found some that hook up internally via USB. Does the Mac Pro have any of these internal hookups, other than the SATA used for optical drive 1 and the 4 HD's, or the usb used for BT?
So,
-Internal USB? (are these possibly called headers)
-Internal FireWire?
-Extra SATA Ports?
Also I am looking into some kind of PCI card that would give me mic-level inputs, and preferably support 5.1 sound. I just want to confirm that only a "PCI-E" card fits and nothing else, right? Also what's the major difference between a 5.1 soundcard that costs 30$ and a 5.1 that costs 130$?

in your search you best include deep sleep compatible. when you find one let us all know.

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    Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
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    Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
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    Kernel version:
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    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
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    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
    Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
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    Backtrace:
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    Proceeding back via exception chain:
    Exception state (sv=0x1FC42280)
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    dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
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    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
    Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
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    philomene251 wrote:
    Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
    My complements on that. While I read the post quickly, it was only later that I saw you're in Paris....
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    This is really great because I have all my data and images back which were my biggest concern.
    I thought I might get another drive anyhow, and when I have everything backed up on a new drive and on the Windows system, I can then reformat the Maxtor drive and start afresh with it.
    Thanks for all your help anyhow.

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