Knacker Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I am currently running Kalyway's 10.5.4 on an HP A6120N machine. So far, the install has been completely trouble free and everything works. My problem is that, with my 8800gt in my large PCIe slot, I only have one more 1x slot left. I need three things, though: I need an extra SATA card, a gigabit network card since the built-in nic is only 10/100, and I also need an advanced sound card since the one that's built-in has no hardware MIDI device. I have two free PCI slots though, that I'm hoping I could use. I know it is difficult to find addon cards that are guaranteed to work on an Intel except those that are PCIe, since no intel mac uses PCI cards. Does anyone have any experience trying to get PCI addon cards to work? Does anyone know of at least two of the above mentioned things which I could install in my Hackintosh in a PCI version and expect to work? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121503-need-3-expansion-cards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seriousrad Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Dear Knacker: I use a dLink DGE-530T Gigabyte Ethernet Pci addon card that works without problems if you install the rigth kext. Also I have installed an extra sata and esata ports with a Vantec addon PCIe card that also works perfect, with the right kext, altough it is recognized as a Scsi card. I suggest that you can use an Usb external sound card, there are many that works with Leo. I hope this can help you. Greetings If eventually you need those kext i will post you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121503-need-3-expansion-cards/#findComment-863433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircool00 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Really simple and cheaper than your 3 Cards, Get a new motherboard with 10/100/1000 and Sata, leaving you with an open PCI or PCI-e or both or more! P5k-e is what I have, P5LD2 is also a cheaper good board that is OSX friendly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121503-need-3-expansion-cards/#findComment-866943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knacker Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Well, I'm pretty much set now. For the network, I took your suggestion and bought a DGE-530t, and it works flawlessly. For my sound card, I found a driver for my already-owned SB Audigy 2, and it works for the most part. I can't record with it yet, or use its midi I/O, but I don't have to switch the plugs on my speakers when I switch over to windows to do recording work. Now all I need is a PCI-E x1 SATA card that works in OSX... but the need for that is a couple of months away, at least, and nowhere near as hard since PCI-E is the default Mac Pro bus. Thanks for your help all! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121503-need-3-expansion-cards/#findComment-899496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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