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USB 3.0 Contollers using Apple's native driver


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I am interested to find out which USB contollers and chipsets are supported by Apple's native USB 3.0 driver in Mac OS X 10.8.4 and beyond. 

 

To be clear, I would like to find which contollers can just be dropped into a Mac Pro or a Hackintosh and they just work...

 

(BTW - Please don't suggest Caldigit or HighPoint or hacking a NEC card to use drivers from either of them.  Both offer half a55ed support for OS X at best)

 

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I think only intel 7-series chipset is natively supported but it requires extensive DSDT patching to allow USB multiplexing (ie. backward compatibility with USB2.0). 

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I think only intel 7-series chipset is natively supported but it requires extensive DSDT patching to allow USB multiplexing (ie. backward compatibility with USB2.0). 

 

That is incorrect. Only about 50% of 7 series boards used Intel's USB 3.0 on the chipset. 

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I have been using this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1DS0NZ0600

It is based on a Fresco Logic FL1100. Worked OOB. Some people fail to power the 4 pin molex and it doesn't work.

 

-MH

Seems New Egg only sells to Americans :rolleyes: .  Any idea where to buy this card online that has internaltional shipping for those of us who live outside their empire? :)

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Not Long Ago I found a peripheral manufacturer called Inateck provide USB3.0 express card for Mac computer and Mac Pro desktops. Using PCI-E USB 3.0 interface express card, it's in keeping with PCI-E 2.0 specification, as well as theoretical transfer speed reaches in order to 5.0Gbps. As long as there is extra PCI-E connector on your own motherboard, it can guide two USB 3.0 interface, allowing faster transfer speeds and time savings.

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