Two USB 3.0 PCI-E cards?

I first installed a generic USB 3.0 card. Works great. Now I installed a 2nd one(an ASUS U3S6). This one works great but the 1st card doesn't work any more. Is something wrong or can I only have one USB 3.0 card?
(latest NEC USB 3.0 Host Controller driver: 1.0.19.0)

Wait...
OK..
-PCI_E1(x1):.........Generic USB 3.0 card (x1 card) (not working)
-PCI_E2(x16):.......ASUS U3S6 (x4 card) (working)
-PCI_E3(x1):.........Free
-PCI_E4(x16):.......Gigabyte HD 5850 (wont fit in E2 due to drive bay fan)
-PCI1:.................Blocked
-PCI_E5(x16):.......Free
-PCI2:.................Free
Blue LEDs for all 3 cards light up BTW...
So the generic card will work when the ASUS card is removed.
Should I try a different config?

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R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x0000000000000200, R14: 0xffffff80c1c7e000, R15: 0xffffff801981b000
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0xffffff80bba3b2f0 : 0xffffff800a41d626
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0xffffff80bba3b550 : 0xffffff7f8aa00cf8
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0xffffff80bba3b6c0 : 0xffffff7f8aa0a2a9
0xffffff80bba3b770 : 0xffffff7f8aa09f1a
0xffffff80bba3b7d0 : 0xffffff7f8aa036f3
0xffffff80bba3b7f0 : 0xffffff7f8a9b3591
0xffffff80bba3b850 : 0xffffff800a84907a
0xffffff80bba3b8b0 : 0xffffff7f8a9c400e
0xffffff80bba3b910 : 0xffffff7f8a9c41dd
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0xffffff80bba3be60 : 0xffffff800a83194b
0xffffff80bba3bea0 : 0xffffff800a83146e
0xffffff80bba3bf30 : 0xffffff800a82d400
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Mac OS version:
Not yet set
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
Kernel slide:     0x000000000a200000
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com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          6.0.2
net.osx86.kexts.VLIUSBXHCI          1.2.4
com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.1.4f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBAttachedSCSI          1.0.3
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          5.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.1b1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
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com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          3.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
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com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
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com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
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