3-Port FireWire 800 PCI Host Adapter
Plug & Play | Hot Swappable | Up to 800Mbps

This card adds:
- Three External FireWire 800 Ports
Requires:
See Specifications below for system and/or OS compatibility information |
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Add more FireWire ports to your
PowerMac G5, Mac Pro, or PC.
Do you own an older Power Macintosh system and want to bring it up to speed with the fastest FireWire interface available? The OWC Mercury FireWire 800 3 Port PCI Adapter Card is just what your system needs!
FireWire 800 is one of the fastest and easiest interfaces to add expansion capability to your system, it's plug, & play simplicity makes it easy to add external storage that can even outpace your internal hard drives!
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Features
- Up to 800Mbps! - OWC Mercury FireWire 800 3 Port PCI Adapter Card has been tested at exceeding 63MB/Sec when using OWC Mercury Elite Pro FireWire 800 hard drives. That's incredible speed!
- Plug & Play Installation! - The OWC Mercury FireWire 800 3 Port PCI Adapter Card is simple to install. With a minimum of hassle you can install this card into your system, no drivers necessary to install!
- Backwards Compatibility! - OWC Mercury FireWire 800 3 Port PCI Adapter Card is fully compatible with FireWire 400 (1394A) devices when used with a 9 Pin to 6 or 4 pin cable.
- Cable Length! - FireWire 800 can have cables up to 100 meters long (330'). That's a huge plus for some installations, where equipment needs to be remote located.
- Compatible with the Power Macintosh G5! This card is fully compatible with the Power Macintosh G5 (all PCI and PCI-X versions)
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| Package Includes |
- OWC Mercury FireWire 800 3 Port PCI Card
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| Specifications |
| Ports |
- Three FireWire 800 (1394b)
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| Connections |
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| Bus Specifications |
- PCI 2.2 compliant PCI slot, 33-MHz/64-bit recommended for best performance.
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| Operating System Support |
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows 2003
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Mac OS X 10.x (all versions including Lion)
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| External Connectivity |
- x3 FireWire 800 (1394b) connector
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| Internal Connectivity |
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| Data Transfer Rates |
- FireWire 800 - 800Mbps (or 100MB/sec)
- FireWire 400 - 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)¹
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| Notes |
- Must use 9 pin to 6 pin adapter cable (not included). FireWire 400 requires Mac OS 8.6 or later or Windows ME or later. If used in a 33-MHz/32-bit PCI slot, FireWire 400 speed will be maximum attainable.
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| Physical |
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| Temperature |
- operating: 20°C - 50°C (68°F - 122°F)
- non-operating: -0°C - 65°C (-40°F - 149°F)
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| Relative humidity |
- operating: 20% - 80% RH (Non-condensing)
- non-operating: 5% - 95% RH (Non-condensing)
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| Click here to get your Model Identifier number |
| This PCI Card is compatible with the following Computers: |
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,2
Power Mac G5 (dual 2.0GHz)
(April, 2005)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac9,1
Power Mac G5 (1.8GHz)
(October, 2004)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,3
Power Mac G5 (dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz, dual 2.5GHz)
(June, 2004)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac7,2
Power Mac G5 (1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, dual 1.8GHz, dual 2.0GHz)
(June, 2003)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6
Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors - 1.25GHz & dual 1.25GHz)
(June, 2003)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6
Power Mac G4 (FW 800 - 1.0GHz, dual 1.25GHz, & dual 1.42GHz)
(January, 2003)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,6
Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors - dual 867MHz, dual 1.0GHz, & dual 1.25GHz)
(August, 2002)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002 ED - 867MHz)
(August, 2002)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002 - 733MHz, 800MHz, 933MHz, dual 1.0GHz)
(January, 2002)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,5
Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver - 733MHz, 867MHz, dual 800MHz)
(July, 2001)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,4
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio - 466MHz, 533MHz, dual 533MHz, 667MHz, 733MHz)
(January, 2001)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,3
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet - 400GHz, dual 450MHz, dual 500GHz)
(July, 2000)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac3,1
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics - 350MHz, 400MHz, 450GHz, 500GHz)
(September, 1999)
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac1,2
Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics 'Yikes' - 350MHz, 400MHz)
(August, 1999)
*Blue & White G3 / Power Macintosh G4 "Yikes" will not see maximum performance with this card due to an architecture flaw in the logic board design. There is nothing that can be done to rectify this situation.
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Machines Have Model Identifier PowerMac1,1
Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White - 300MHz, 350MHz, 400MHz, 450MHz)
(January, 1999)
*Blue & White G3 / Power Macintosh G4 "Yikes" will not see maximum performance with this card due to an architecture flaw in the logic board design. There is nothing that can be done to rectify this situation.
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PC/Wintel Desktops
Windows PC with 33-MHz/64-bit PCI slot.
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