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Date:      Mon, 6 Mar 2006 07:58:04 +0100 (MET)
From:      "Markus Dolze" <bsdfan@nurfuerspam.de>
To:        MC <rossiya@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best USB PCI Card
Message-ID:  <23679.1141628284@www047.gmx.net>
References:  <28a99ba50603051813o18b30df3t1df3e3bb9a9a6347@mail.gmail.com>

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> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: MC <rossiya@gmail.com>
> An: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
> Betreff: Best USB PCI Card
> Datum: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:13:22 -0800
> 
> Hi I am shopping for a USB2 PCI card to support 4 or more USB hard drives.
> I thought to
> get a PCI card rather than an external USB2 hub, which splits the USB2
> bandwidth.
> Looking through the supported hardware of freebsd6.x there's a big list of
> supported
> devices, but none that match hardware vendor websites offhand.  I see for
> example
> the ALi 6+2 port USB 2.0 PCI Card with the ALi M573 chipset and VIA VT6212
> 4+1
> Port USB 2.0 PCI Controller Card with the VIA VT6212 chipset.  But these
> don't match
> anything on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html
> 
> What are the best [most compatible trouble free] USB PCI cards?

Hi,

I would not use cards with ALi anymore. I got one and had problems with it.
When doing high-speed transfers the card resets sometimes. The history of
the windows driver lists a lot of problems fixed in the past.

I have good experience with a card equipped with a NEC chip.

Regards
Markus



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