Are there Windows 2000 drivers for this PCI card?

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Genralkidd

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I'm running a low power Windows 2000 home FTP server and I'm thinking about adding a USB 3.0 PCI card to the computer (motherboard doesn't support PCIe).

http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-SuperSpeed-Adapter-Power-PCIUSB3S22/dp/B00ARJN5G0/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=541966&s=pc

The official website says there are only drivers for Windows XP or above. However, it appears the card is based on an NEC chipset. Are there any drivers for Windows 2000 that can support the chipset? Or perhaps are there any open source Linux drivers? The motherboard and CPU (1st gem Via C3) are very old and won't really be able to run any OS above Windows 2000. So I have to use either Windows 2000 or some light weight Linux distro.

 
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I saw that already and mentioned it in the original post, however I was wondering if perhaps there were compatible NEC chipset drivers or perhaps Linux drivers a available from other sources that could still make this card compatible.
 
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Yes, I had that exact model before and it worked no problem on my Windows 2000
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Thanks for the answers! I went ahead an ordered one and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I'm assuming devices like these aren't plug and play? Which means without specific Linux drivers I can't just plug it in and have it work when running Linux?
 
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