Old thread, but as of 2023 I still have & use my Aardvark Q10's running under Win XP, with quad core CPU's & 4 installed GB ram.
I use ASUS P5KC & P5KC-E motherboards, which I believe those motherboards were released in 2008? They must be 5 volt PCI slots since my Q10's work fine.
But I was...
Old thead, but as an Aardvark enthusiast & owner of several Q10's & Aark 24's, I'll give a reply for the sake of archive value.
As far as the Aardvark host cable, it may be that a non Aardvark cable could work, as long as the pins IN/OUT are the same. I bought a generic one to try, but in...